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THE SUPREME BEING. 



IK IMITATION OP 



THE EASTERN SONGS. 



By EDWARD KING, Esq. 



Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the 
victory, and the Majesty; for all that is in heaven and in earth is thine. 
Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as head above all. 
Both riches and honour come of thee, and Thou reignest over all. And 
in thine hand is power and might, and in thine hand it is to make 
great, and to give strength unto all. Now, therefore, our God, we thank 
Thee, and praise Thy glorious Name. 1 Chron. xxix, 11. 



A NEW EDITION. 



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PREFACE TO THE READER. 



The same awful apprehensions which 
filled my mind, when in my most pri- 
vate hours, with great sincerity of 
heart, I wrote these Hymns, prevented 
my thinking it right openly to avow 
myself the Author, when I published 
them. — I, therefore, carefully concealed 
my name, when in the year 1780 I sent 
forth the first edition of this Book : and 
I should certainly have continued to 
do so; but that an unavoidable acci- 
dent made the truth known. 

Still, however, unwilling to make 
any public avowal, I continued silent.— 
But finding at last, that the work had 



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been attributed to others;— and finding 
also that, in consequence of my neglect 
to have the Book duly entered at Sta- 
tioners' Hall, advantage had been taken, 
to publish it by strangers; I have now 
thought it even a duty to come for- 
wards. 

One, or more, surreptitious Editions 
have been printed; — with several Er- 
rata;— with an unauthorised, and im- 
proper Advertisement on the back of 
the Title page, concerning an intended 
Publication, which might have been 
understood to have been written by 
me;— -and with a very improper Note, 
concerning The Leverian Museum; — 
which Editions do yet continue in cir- 
culation, notwithstanding the endea- 
vours I used to stop the sale of them in 
that form, without a proper expla- 



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nation: — and such Circumstances, as 
these, induce me to lay aside all further 
scruple. 

It remains then only to take this 
opportunity of informing those who 
shall peruse this Publication, that a 
very few additions are here made by 
me, to the Notes : — and that the Pas- 
sages of Holy Scripture, referred to, 
at the bottom of the pages, are cited 
principally on four different accounts : 

First, To shew, and justify, the 
truth of what is affirmed, or intimated, 
in any verse they allude to. 

Secondly, To shew the authority 
for, and propriety of, certain modes of 
expression, which otherwise might ap- 
pear either novel, or extraordinary. 

Thirdly, To point out the very 
Texts of Holy Scripture themselves, 



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which are any where either introduced 
nearly verbatim, or else paraphrased. 

And Fourthly, To shew such Texts, 
as have the mode of expression indeed 
imitated, but with some variation, of 
sentiment. 



EDWARD KING. 



Mansfield Street, 
July 7, 1798. 



A PARAPHRASE 



ON 



THE LORD'S PRAYER. 



OUR FATHER, 

O most Mighty Lord, Who hast 
created and made all things, and 
vouchsafest to behold us, the 
works of Thy hands, with tender 
love and compassion; even in our 
sinful and fallen state; 
WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, 

Thou, Who fillest the whole Uni- 
verse, and art every where pre- 
sent ; but jnanifestest Thy Great 
Glory more especially in the Hea- 
ven of Heavens, where blessed 

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Spirits contemplate Thy Works 
with perfect adoration; 

HALLOWED BE THY NAME, 

To Thee be offered up, conti- 
nually, Praise, and Thanksgiving. 
May Thy Holy Name be sanc- 
tified, and with deep veneration 
adored, by all reasonable beings : 
and may they, naming it, con- 
sider, with attentive minds, how 
infinitely Great, and Holy, and 
Good, Thou art. 

THY KINGDOM COME, 

May Thy blessed Kingdom, even 
the abolition of all evil, the per- 
fecting of all Righteousness, and 
the visible Reign of Christ on 
Earth, be hastened, Oh may the 
days draw near, when all the 
kingdoms of the World shall be- 



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come the Kingdoms of the Lord, 
and of Thy Christ; when Thy 
People shall be converted, and 
restored to their own Land; and 
when the Saints, who are dead in 
Christ, shall reign with Him in 
Glory, for the completing the 
happiness, and perfection, of all 
Thy Servants, and of all Thy 
Works. 
THY WILL BE DONE, 

But in all things, Lord, Thy Will 
be done. During these present 
days, may we be placed in such 
a situation, as Thou seest to be 
best, and most expedient for us; 
and be made to choose and fol- 
low such things, as may enable 
us conscientiously to perform our 
duty, and to work Thy Work, 



whilst yet ouf day is continued 
unto us. 

ON EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, 
And Oh, at length, may the 
hearts of all be so converted, 
that the obedience of the Inha- 
bitants of the Earth may become 
truly an imitation of that perfect 
obedience, with which Blessed 
Spirits rejoice to do Thy Will in 
Heaven. 

GIVE US DAY BY DAY OUR 
DAILY BREAD; 

Supply us, Lord, day by day, 
with such supports and comforts 
of Life, as Thou seest to be fit 
and expedient for us. And, above 
all, give us continually the Bread 
which cometh down from Hea- 
ven ; even the Light, and Life, 



which is obtained through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

AND FORGIVE US OUR TRES- 
PASSES, AS WE FORGIVE THEM 
THAT TRESPASS AGAINST US; 
And forgive us our manifold of- 
fences, and follies, and perverse 
transgressions : and whilst we 
hope for remission of our ten 
thousand talents, at Thy hands, 
Oh may we be disposed sincerely 
to forgive, every one, our bre- 
thren, that have offended against 
us, their hundred pence. 

AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMP- 
TATION, 

Merciful Lord, let us not deceive 
our own Souls, with hypocritical, 
unmeaning professions; neither 
be deluded, by imagining we 



keep Thy Holy Laws, whilst in 
in so many things we offend all: 
but may we ever watch, and 
pray; and escape those snares of 
vice and wickedness, which sur- 
round us, and would draw us to 
perdition. 

BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL, 
Oh, deliver us from the tyranny, 
and power, of Sin and Satan, 
which we labour under. Deliver 
our Souls from the suggestions 
of the Evil one : and Deliver us 
from the habits of transgressing, 
which rage in our hearts : and 
from the grievous judgments, 
and afflictions, which might most 
justly overwhelm us. 

FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, 
For Thine, O Lord, is the Rule, 



and Dominion, over the whole 
Universe. There can finally be 
no Power, or Kingdom, in this 
World, or in that which is to 
Come, but Thine. And though, 
for the present time, the whole 
Creation groan eth, and Thy Work 
of Redemption is not yet fully 
Jknown; in Thy due time it must 
finally be revealed, and mani- 
fested unto all; and Thou wilt 
truly appear The Lord of all 

AND THE POWER, 

Thine also is the Power: Thou, 
Lord, and Thou only, art able to 
deliver us, and to redeem our 
Souls, and to perfect all things. 

AND THE GLORY, FOR EVER 
AND EVER, 

And if we be at length saved. 



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and made happy, it is of Thy 
free goodness, and by Thy help 
alone, and not by our own 
strength. To Thee, therefore, 
O Most Merciful, and Mighty 
Lord God, be all the Glory, for 
ever and ever. 
AMEN. 

Oh, may this Our Prayer be heard 
and accepted. 



HYMNS 

TO 

THE SUPREME BEING. 

PART THE FIRST. 



HYMN I. 

Thou, O Lord, hast made all things in 
Heaven and in Earth : and Thy tender 
care is over all. 

2. Innumerable Worlds stood forth 
at Thy command; and by Thy word 
they are filled with glorious works. 

3. Who can comprehend the bound- 

Ver. 2. See the Introduction to Ferguson's As- 
tronomy, and also Derham's Astro-theology. 

Ver. 3. See the Philosophical Transactions, 
Vol. LVII. p. 234. 



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less Universe? or number the Stars of 
Heaven ? 

4. Are they not the Habitations of 
Thy Power: filled with manifestations 
of Thy Wisdom, and Goodness? 

5. Amidst them Thou hast pro- 
vided a dwelling for Man; that he also 
might praise Thy Name. 

6. The Sun shineth and is very 
glorious; and we rejoice in the light 
thereof. 

7. We admire its brightness, and 



Ver. 7- The Sun,, even according to the old and 
least computation, was found to be about 703,000 
miles in diameter, and the earth about 7970; from 
whence it would follow, that the Sun is, at least, 
about 878,000 times as big as the earth; how vast 
then must the disproportion be, since it now ap- 
pears, in consequence of our attaining a more accu- 
rate knowledge of the Sun's parallax, that the dif- 
ference of their diameter is still much greater. 



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and perceive its greatness; and our 
Earth vanisheth in comparison with it, 

8. Yet what is this amidst Thy 
Works? is it not as a point, and as no- 
thing in the firmament of Heaven? 

9. What then is man, that Thou art 
mindful of him?, or the son of man, 
that Thou visitest him? 

] 0. Should he presume to look up 
unto Thee? or can his prayers come 
before the Most High? 

11. Wilt Thou regard him? or have 
respect unto his ways? 

12. Behold, O Lord, my Soul trust- 
eth on Thee; for Thou hast created all 



Ver r 8. Wisdom of Solomon, xi. 22. It appears 
clearly, and to demonstration, from the observations- 
made in the Philosophical Transactions, in the paper 
alluded to ver. 3, that the Sun itself is lost, as a 
mere point, in the immensity of the Universe. 



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things, and wilt not neglect Thy 
works. 

1 3. Thou causest the grass to grow, 
and the Tree to shoot forth leaves, and 
fruit. 

14. Thou hast created, andupholdest 
all living creatures: if Thouwithdrawest 
Thy hand they perish. 

15. Thou art ever nigh unto us: 
for in Thee we live, and move, and 
have our being. 

1(5. Thy Power is circumscribed by 
no bounds; both great and small are 
alike unto Thee. 

17. And Thine infinite and Divine 
attributes are manifested, by upholding 
and caring for all Thy works. 

Ver. 13. Matt. vi. 28. 

Ver. 15. Acts xvii. 28. 

Ver. 16. Job xxv. 5. Psalm xc. 4. 

Ver. 17. Heb. i. 3. 



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18. From the Sun in the firmament 
of heaven, to the sand on the sea shore, 
all is the operation of Thy hand. 

19. From the Cherubim and Sera- 
phin, who stand before Thee, to the 
worm in the bowels of 'the Earth, all 
living creatures receive of Thee, w T hat 
is good and expedient for them. 

20. And not one suffereth change, 
without Thy knowledge. 

21. Praise then the Lord, O my 
Soul, and rejoice before Him. 

22. Lift up thyself unto Him with 
reverence, for He heareth thy prayer, 
and will help thee. 

23. O my God, give me an under- 
standing heart; and make me to be 
filled with true wisdom. 

Ver. 20. Matt. x. 29. 

-Ver. 23. Prov. iv. 7. James i. v. 



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24. Make me to know Thee, O 
Most High, and Jesus Christ, whom 
Thou hast sent. 

25. May I be filled with faith on 
Him; and enabled to keep his sayings! 

26. May I obtain pardon for my 
sins, and strength to amend my ways ! 

27. May I be filled with Thy Holy 
Spirit, and daily draw nearer to Thee 
my God! 

28. And appoint for me, here on 
Earth, what Thou seest good and ex- 
pedient for me. 

29. Help me, that I may discharge 
my duty in my station, and do Thy 

will. 

30. And having served my gene- 



Ver. 24. John xvii. 3. 

Ver. 25. John viii. 51; xiv. 21 — 24. 



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ration here on Earth, grant that I may 
enter into the world of light. 

31. That I may join the Host of 
Heaven, to praise Thy Name, O Lord, 
for ever and ever. 



HYMN II. 

O Lord, Thou needest not our Praises : 
our thanksgivings and adorations are 
unworthy to be accepted before Thee. 

2. In infinite mercy Thou permit- 
test us to lift up our souls; that by the 
Love and Fear of Thee we may be- 
come happy. 

3. Thou teachest us to know, and 

Ver. 1. Job xxii. 2. 
Ver. 3. 1 Thess. ii. J 2. 



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adore thee; that we may be fitted to 
inherit Life Everlasting. 

4. Shouldst Thou, Lord, be extreme 
to mark what is done amiss, our most 
humble and fervent worship should be 
rejected. 

5. But Thou .pardonest our infir- 
mities; and favourably receivest our 
frail desires. 

6. Thou dost help Thy servants by 
thy Spirit, teaching their hearts to look 
up unto Thee. 

7. O that my Soul might draw near 
to God! that I might continually be 
filled with a sense of His Goodness ! 

8. That in all His works I might 
acknowledge Him, and rejoice in the 
Operation of His hands ! 

9. By Thee, O Lord, I have been 
fearfully and wonderfully made. 



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10. Thou hast taught mine eyes to 
see, mine ears to hear, and my tongue 
to speak. 

1 1 . Thou hast given me also rea- 
son and thought; that I might com- 
prehend, and consider Thy glorious 
works. 

12. Should I neglect to consider 
Thy ways; and to apply my mind unto 
knowledge? 

13. Should I be as one that saw 
not, and abuse these means of obtain- 
ing wisdom? 

14. Should I make them subser- 
vient to wickedness and sin ; and be 
stupidly insensible of the instruction 
around me? 

15. O that I might walk in Thy 
ways, and keep Thy Commandments ! 

16. That I might depart from all 



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evil; and be occupied in the medita- 
tion of Thy Goodness ! 

17. Then my Soul shall dwell at 
ease, and I should rejoice before Thee. 

18. Happiness should be with me; 
and my Heaven should be begun on 
Earth. 

19. Amidst Calamities I should be 
unmoved ; and the cares of the world 
should not distress me. 

20. O Lord, hear my prayer; and 
let my cry come unto Thee. 

21. Truly I do know, that Thou 
rejoicest in mercy, and preventest our 
supplications. 

22. Thou needest not that any 
should ask of Thee; and art ever dis- 
posed to do good. 

23. But Thou teachest us to pray: 
that we may be fitted to receive Thy 






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mercies; and may not resist Thy gra- 
cious appointments : 

24. That by holy exercises our 
hearts may be sanctified : and that our 
souls may draw near unto Thee, O 
God. 

25. O let not my soul resist Thy 
will: let me not be unprepared to re- 
ceive Thy gracious appointments! 

26. O be it unto me according to 
Thy good pleasure; for then it shall 
be well with me ! 

27. O teach me so to number my 
days, that I may apply my heart unto 
wisdom. 

28. That I may become useful also 
in my generation; and an instrument 
of good in Thy hands. 

2£) That I may obey the Gospel of 

Ver. 29. John xiv. 2\, 24. 



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Christ my Saviour; and keep His say- 
ings here on Earth. 

30. That I may fulfil Thy Will, in 
my Lot, here; and, through Him, ob- 
tain Life hereafter. 

31. That I may join the Host of 
Heaven; and glorify Thee to all Eter- 
nity. 

32. That I may for ever contem- 
plate Thy works ; and see Thee, the 
Living God. 



HYMN III. 

Praise The Lord, O ye Saints of His, 
ye Servants of His, who do His plea- 
sure. 

2. Who can declare the works of 

Ver. 1. Psalm cxlv. 10. 
Ver. 2. Psalm xcvi. 4. 



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the Lord? or who can shew forth all 
His Praise? 

3. The Heaven of Heavens cannot 
contain them: there is no end of the 
manifestations of His Goodness and 
Power. 

4. The Sun giveth Light, and bear- 
eth rule in its place; it nourisheth the 
Earth, and maketh it fruitful. 

5. At the command of the Most 
High it was created : and it fulfilleth 
its appointed task. 

6. Many worlds are nourished by 
it : and its glory is great. 

7. By its influence the Earth is 

clothed with Plentv: and the Habita- 

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tion of man is rendered exceeding 
beautiful. 

Yer, 4, Genesis i, IS. Psalm cxxxvi. 8. 



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8. The Moon also ariseth and giv- 
eth Light: and quickeneth the waters, 
that they turn not to corruption. 

9. The works of God, on Earth, are 
very excellent, and every thing serv- 
eth its appointed end. 

10. The vast Ocean is extended 
over the face thereof; it lifteth up its 
waters towards Heaven; it floweth to 
and fro; and, by its motion, purifieth 
the air. 

1 1. It filleth the Clouds with Rain; 

Ver. 8. The Moon, by being the Cause of the 
Tides, occasions a continual agitation in the waters 
of the Sea, which preserves them from stagnation 
and putrefaction. It also occasions a similar motion 
and agitation in the air 3 which, by that means, and 
also by the motion of the waters, is preserved pure, 
and untainted. And it is moreover now also known, 
that the Water of the Sea has in itself a peculiar 
property of restoring putrid air to a pure and whole- 
some state. 



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and causeth the Earth to be covered 
with Riches. 

12. At the Command of God the 
Hills arose, whence Rivers pour down, 
for the service of man and beast. 

13. From the tops of the Moun- 
tains He poureth down plenty : and 
they are formed to receive the gather- 
ings together of waters. 

14. There is nothing created in 
vain ; nor aught that is evil, in the ap- 
pointments of the Almighty. 

15. Even noxious animals have their 



Ver. 12. It is now well known to Philosophers, 
that Mountains and Hills are the great sources of 
Streams and Rivers: and that, besides containing 
those springs internally,, which arise even to their 
summits, they serve also externally to break the 
clouds, and to attract them 5 and collect the waters 
from thence, more than any other parts of the 
ear tli. 



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appointed use; and are instruments in 
the hands of God for good. 

16. At the Command of the Most 
High they go forth; they are the ar- 
mies of God; and are scourges to the 
children of men. 

17. O Lord, therein we behold how 
terrible are the weakest instruments of 
Thy Wrath : and how Thou dost, by 
the lowest reptiles, reprove, and hum- 
ble the pride of man. 

18. O that I were wise! that I 

Ver. 15. There are various instances of the uti- 
lity of those, called noxious, animals ; amongst the 
rest, see Adansons History of Senegal, p. 279; m 
which Book there are many instances of the great 
power of God manifested in the Works of Creation. 

Ver. 15. Wisdom xi. 15. Ecclesiasticus xxxix. 
21, 30, 31. See also the account of the Termites 
of Africa, in the Philos. Trans. Vol.LXXI. p. 146, 
147. And see also the account of the Sea Worrm 
in the same Vol. p. 182, 183. 

Ver. 16. Joel ii. 25. 



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might understand! that I might per- 
ceive the ways of God ! 

19. Then should I know, indeed, 
that all thing are well ordered; and 
should offer a spiritual sacrifice unto 
the Most High. 

20. Thou, O Lord, protectest and 
upholdest all living creatures ; and 
carest for the sons of men. 

81. Mercy and Goodness are ma- 
nifest in all Thy ways; and "Wisdom in 
all thy works. 

22. But moreover, they are very 
dreadful. When I behold them, I trem- 
ble, because of Thy Power. 

Ver. 20. 1 Pet. v. /. 

Ver. 22. To a contemplative mind, there is not,, 
perhaps, a more tremendous consideration, than 
that which arises from reflecting on the various 
modes of existence, and the many different kinds of 
bodies, wherein it pleases God to cause life to 



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c 23. How o-reat is the Alligator, and 

his aspect how terrible! 

24. He preyeth on man and beast, 
and on the inhabitants of the waters: 
and saith not. I have enough. 

25. He careth not for his young, 
but devoureth them: for so God hath 
appointed, that fury may restrain itself 

Co. He disdaineth to lie lurking for 
his food: and like a mighty hunter 
pursueth his prey. 

2?, They gather themselves toge- 

dwell. Moot li":::g :: ... * 

wise reasons, hd d-:u:t. tuooou unknown to us' 
subjected to great surieiln.o . 1 : :1. ::.o; :_ 
the creation preying : ntinually upon another: and 
from the necessity which there is of destroying so 
- rer riles onol i:n ?c:s 
Ver. 23. See the account of the Alligator in 
Don Anton": it Uilrns Voyage :: South America^ 
Vol. I. p. 300: a most instructive and entertaining 



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ther in Troops : they surround the wa- 
ters on all parts; they, compel their 
prey to fall into their toils. 

28. Yet are not the beds of the 
rivers forsaken ; nor the waters without 
inhabitants; for God giveth increase. 

29. Neither is man destroyed : for 
God hath subdued even this Leviathan 
unto him. 

30. He putteth a hook into his nos- 
trils, and he pierceth his jaws with 
iron, and laugheth at his fury and 
strength. 

31. Who hath given the Gallinazo 
wisdom; and taught her to watch for 
her food ? 



Ver. 30. See the account of the manner in 
which the Indians catch and hunt the Alligator, in 
Ulloa's Voyage, Vol. I. p. 203. 



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32. She sitteth as a watchman on 
a Tower, and patiently expecteth her 
prey. 

33. She watcheth not for herself 
alone, but for man and beast ; and de- 
stroyeth the brood of the Leviathan. 

34. She preyeth also on corruption ; 
and purifieth the Earth from the de- 
filements thereof 

35. Who beholdeth the Serpent 
without terror, and flieth not from its 
deadly bite? 

36. It traverseth the woods; and is 
dreaded by man and beast. 

37. The Corales and the Cascabeles 
are very terrible ; they are the arrows 
of death. 



Ver. 32. For the full explanation of this, see 
Ijlloa's Voyage, Vol. I. p. 59. — and also p. 202. 



38. But Gocl hath given to the Co- 
rale glorious colours, and to the Cas- 
cabele a sounding noise. 

39. The Corales is seen, and the 
Cascabeles is heard; and Man walketh 
in safety. 

40. How excellent is Wisdom ! and 
her paths how pleasant ! 

41. She giveth light to the blind 
in heart; and cause th the deaf to hear. 

42. Man liveth in darkness, amidst 
the works of God : he considereth them 
not; but consumeth them in riot and 
excess; 

43. He hath no pleasure in his Soul, 



Ver. 38. These particulars are most curiously 
explained in Ulloa's Voyage, Vol. I. p. 62. N. B, 
The English Translation in 2 vols, octavo, is thQ 
edition here referred to; but the French is a still 
better translation. 



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nor doth he lift up his heart to the 
Most High; 

44. Till Wisdom enlighteneth his 
mind, and informeth him: then doth 
he rejoice, and is as one that awakeneth 
from deep sleep. 

45. Remember me. O Lord. I pray 
Thee, in mercy; and think upon Thy 
servant whom thou hast created. 

46. Behold, by Thee I have been 
fearfully and wonderfully made: and 
by thy Power alone I am continually 
upheld. 



HYMN IV. 

All Thy Works praise Thee. O Lord. 
the Great Creator of Heaven and 
Earth. 

Ver. 1. Ecclesiasticus xxxix, 33. 



x!. Thou hast not confined Thy 
blessings to a few Beings, but hast 

given means of comfort unto all. 

3. In infinite variety Thy Bounty 
appeareth : Thou indeed sawest all 
things that thev were very good. 

4. Behold the frozen regions of the 
North, and the Mountains covered 
with aged snows, 

5. The Seas where ships have no 
passage, and whose bosoms are bound 
with bands of ice: 

6. The regions where no green herb 
appeareth; and which for months be- 
hold not the light of the sun, nor the 
cheerful day. 

7. Can these be the habitations of 
man? or can aught that is good be 
found therein? 

Ver. 3. Genesis i. 31. 



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8. Even there, is manifested infi- 
nite wisdom: and abundant means of 
solace are offered to the contented 
soul. 

Ver. 8. Strange as it may appear to us, amidst 
the luxuries we have been accustomed to in these 
climates, and amidst the advantages of civilization, 
it is a most undoubted fact, that the poor Laplan- 
ders, amidst their snows, and enjoying (as we think) 
so few articles of accommodation, are yet con- 
vinced, that in the whole universe they could not 
find a place of abode more secure and agreeable 
than their own country; — that the Kamtschadales 
think themselves the happiest people in the world, 
and look upon the Russians who are settled amongst 
them with contempt; — that the Greenlanders set 
themselves, in their own estimation, far above the 
Europeans; — that the Arabians dwell with pleasure 
amidst the burning sands of the Desert; — and that 
the barbarous inhabitants of the most Scorching 
Regions of Africa procure, with the utmost ease, 
what they esteem the comforts and conveniencies 
of life; — and the natives even of Senegal, think 
their Territory a Paradise. — To all which we may 
add, that the great partiality every man, of every 



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9. The humble Samoeid ariseth from 
sleep, and leaveth the subterraneous 
habitation : 

10. He beholdeth the moon, and 
the stars in their brightness, and the 
glorious arch of Heaven: 

nation under the Sun, shews for his own Country,, 
is a proof of the great Truth affirmed in this Verse.— 
See a very curious account of the Laplanders in the 
Annual Register for 1759, p. 330. — History of 
Kamtschatka, p. 180. — Crantz's History of Green- 
land, Vol. I. p. 134. — Moore's Travels into Africa, 
pref. x. and p. 179. 

Ver. 9. The Samoeids are much the same people 
as the Laplanders, and are inhabitants of seme of the 
most Northern parts of Europe. See a curious ac- 
count of them in the Annual Register for 1759, 
p. 329. The Eskimaux Indians, also, inhabit as 
cold a Country in North America -, yet Mr. Ellis 
informs us, that they retain the strongest and most 
astonishing partiality for it, even when brought to 
the European Factories, and after they have lived 
there for several years. See Ellis's Voyage to Hud- 
son s Bay, p. 133. 

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11. He seeth the northern flames ? 
and the rich mantle of the sky, sur- 
prisingly varied with beauty inexpres- 
sible. 

12. They afford him light in the 
absence of the moon; and, when it 
ariseth, increase the glory of the 
scene. 

13. He murmureth not for that the 
Sun is hid from him : he scarce wisheth 
for its light. 

14. The bright snow doth not now 
offend his eyes; and he beholdeth the 
dazzling prospect without pain. 

Ver. 11. The Northern Lights are seen there 
much stronger and brighter than in any other parts 
of the world ; and so frequently, as to be visible al- 
most always during the absence of the Sun, and 
with an infinite variety of appearance. See Ellis's 
Voyage, p. 172 -, and Pontoppidan's History of Nor^ 
way, p. 4 j Annual Register for 1/59, P- 334. 



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15. He knoweth that the moon 
will give light for many days; and 
doth not fear the approach of thick 
darkness. 

16. He covereth himself with furs, 
and is warm; and rejoiceth in the gifts 
of God. 

17. He seeketh his Sledge, and 
harnesseth his rein deer, and flieth like 
lightning along the tops of the moun- 
tains. 

18. Their feet enter not into the 

Ver. ]5. On account of the peculiar inclination 
of the Moon's Orbit to the Ecliptic, and also by 
means of the Refraction of the Atmosphere, which 
is in the Northern Regions remarkably dense ; the 
Moon gives an uninterrupted light much more than 
half the month, and sometimes almost as long as it 
is capable of affording any considerable light to any 
part of the Earth whatever. 

Ver. 17 and 18. The Pace of the Rein Deer is 
very swift and rapid, and their hoofs are remarkably 



Snow; they scarce leave traces of their 
path: 

19. For they were formed to tread 
its bosom, and their hoofs spread far to 
assist their steps. 

20. They are taught also to seek 
their food, where it is not seen ; and 
to find plenty, where no green herb 
appeareth. 

2L The Samoeid resteth himself 

broad and spreading, by which means they tread 
securely on the surface of the snow, without sinking 
into it. See Perry's State of Russia, p. 65 \ and also 
Salmon's Universal Traveller, Vol. I. p. 641, 642. 

Ver. 20. These useful animals, the Rein Deer, 
live upon a kind of Moss, which is, during the 
greater part of the year, buried very deep under the 
snow. By a most wonderful instinct and sagacity, 
however, they know where to find it; and digging 
up the snow with -their feet, readily come at the 
precise spots where it abounds ; even in parts of the 
country to which they were before entirely strangers. 
Annual Register for 17 5Q, p. 337. 



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without care; and they search for that 
which God hath given for their sup- 
port. 

22. Without reason they know 
where their food is hid, and are led to 
the place whereon it groweth. 

23. They quickly remove the deep 
-now; and their labour is not in vain. 

24. The refreshing moss appeareth; 
and their hunger is satisfied. 

25. The Samoeid returneth to his 
cavern, and to the repast provided for 
him. 

26. His careful wife rejoiceth at 
his presence; and his little children 
play around him. 

27. He closeth his hut, and is 
warm; and desireth np other dwel- 
ling. 



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28. The Sun returneth, at the ap- 
pointed Season, and its approach is 
hastened by the density of the air. 

29. It ariseth, and giveth light; 
and ceaseth not to shine, from the 
sowing of the corn, unto the reaping 
of the same. 

30. At its presence the snows dis- 
appear in the vallies; and they are co- 
vered with verdure. 

31. The Samoeid forsake th his 



Ver. 28. The Air in those cold Countries is so 
exceedingly dense, and its refractive power, in con- 
sequence thereof, so strong, that the Sun is seen 
many days before it, in reality, rises above the 
Horizon. 

Ver. 29. The Corn is usually reaped, in Lap- 
land, within about nine weeks, after it is first 
sown. Annual Register for 1/59, P- 330; Pon- 
toj-pidan. Vol. I. p. 21. 



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winter habitation, and liveth at large 
in the fields. 

32. He diggeth up the Earth, and 
soweth his corn; and the ground re- 
stored! it quickly many fold. 

33. He is delighted with the va- 
riety around him; and layeth up his 
winter stores. 

34. The vast mountains of ice are 
diminished, and the lighter waters of 
the North flow to purify the Southern 
seas. 

35. When the Most High appointed 
the Sun its course, and bade it to pass 
over the middle regions of the world ; 

Ver. 34. The Water of the Ocean, near the 
Equator, is remarkably salt and thick; and, if it 
were not for the fresher water that comes from the 
Poles, would grow so more and more, and occasion 
many ill consequences both to the inhabitants of th^ 
earth and water. 



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36 Trembled not the Earth at His 
Command? did not theMountains quake? 

37. How shall the Ground endure 
the burning Heat, or yield its appointed 
fruits? 

38. Must it not be covered with 
desert Sands ? and divide the habitation 
of man ? 

39. The Lord, who formed all 
things, hath made nothing in vain: 
neither hath he left any part of Crea- 
tion void. 

40. The Torrid Zone burneth not; 
neither is the soil thereof parcht and 
barren. 

Ver. 38. The Torrid Zone was thought by the 
ancient Philosophers to be all parched by heat and 
uninhabited 5 but we now rind that many parts both 
of Africa, and South America, are the most fruitful 
and delicious spots in the world. See Ovington's 
Voyage to Surat, p. 61, and Ulloa's Voyage, 



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41. Clouds assuage the scorching 
heat : and Lofty Mountains purify the 
Air. 

42. They raise their hoary heads to 
Heaven; they collect the Clouds; they 
are covered with snow ; and refreshing 
gales descend to the Vallev beneath. 

43. The Ground yieldeth abundant 
increase, and an everlasting Spring co- 
vereth the face thereof. 

44. Here also the Terrors of the 
Lord appear : and in the midst of Mercy 

Ver. 41. In Peru, and in many other places 
under the Torrid Zone, the air is for the most part 
mild and temperate, by means of the Clouds that 
hover over those Countries the greatest part of the 
day, and by means of the refreshing gales which 
come from the neighbouring mountains, that are 
always covered with snow. See a very curious Ac- 
count of Chilii published in Italian, at Bologna* 
1776, p. 6, &c. 



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and Goodness He manifesteth His 
Greatness. 

45. A Thick Darkness gathereth 
about the tops of the mountains ; and 
dreadful thunderings are heard ; 

46. The Rain descends in vast tor- 
rents; the heavens blaze with light- 
ning ; and the High rocks resound 
with peals of Thunder, and the howl- 
ings of wild beasts. 

Ver, 45. Tornadoes and Tempests, dreadful be- 
yond ail imagination, are frequent in hot Countries. 
Of these there are many curious accounts in the 
Abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions, 
Some very curious and particular descriptions of 
them may also be seen in The Account of the Eu- 
ropean Settlements in America, Vol. II. p. 93 j and 
in Dampier s Voyages, Vol. II. p. So, and Part III, 
p. 71. See also Kalm's Travels, Vol. II. p. 125. 

Ver. 46. In South America, as soon as a Tem- 
pest begins, and the Thunder grows loud, the bowl- 
ings of the wild beasts in the woods (who are ter- 



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47. A Roaring wind cometh from 
the desert; it traverseth along the 
ground; it teareth up the trees of the 
forest; and maketh desolate the habi- 
tation of man. 

48. But at the Command of the 
Most High the heavens are still, and 
the whole face of nature again smileth. 

49. Man delighteth in his labour, 
and receiveth an abundant recom- 
pence. 

50. Yet shall he again behold terri- 
ble things, and hide his head for fear. 

51. He seeth clouds immoveable, 
and a dead calm prevaileth : 

rifled at it) is almost insupportable. It also fre- 
quently happens that these Tornadoes and Tempests 
are attended with most dreadful whirlwinds, which 
tear up and destroy every thing in their way. See 
Ulloa's Voyage, Vol. VI. p. 98. 



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52. The sea re tire th far within its 
wonted bounds; and its waves vanish 
from his sight: 

53. With a dreadful roaring they re- 
turn, and spread desolation all around. 

54. The Earth openeth, with an 
horrid noise; it quaketh, and reeleth 
to and fro : 

55. The vast Rocks are rent; and 
the mountains cast forth fire and thick 
smoke. 



Ver. 52. Earthquakes are very frequent in hot 

Countries -, and when great ones happen, the Sea 
sometimes retires to a considerable distance from the 
shore, and then, returning with redoubled force, 
overflows all the adjacent country -, as was the case 
when Port Royal, and also when Lima, were de- 
stroyed. See Ulloa's Voyage, Vol.11, p. 84 5 and 
The Relation of the Earthquake of 1 746, published 
at Lima, p. 327. 



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56. Thus cloth God appear in Might, 
and manifesteth his great Power : 

57. Yet sheweth He but a small 
part thereof to the sons of men; and 
withholdeth his hand, least they pe- 
rish. 

58. His Terrors are great, but His 
Goodness more abundant : 

59. Where He permitteth terrible 
things; there also He poureth forth 
more abundant blessings. 

60. No Lands afford such plenty; 
nor produce such delicious fruits : 

61. No Regions have such gay in- 
habitants, as sport there amidst the 
woods and painted valleys. 



Ver. 6\. The Beauty of the Birds, and their 
line colours, in all hot countries, are most remark- 
able. Catesby's History of Carolina, and the beau- 
tiful Exhibition at Mr. Lever's most curious Mu- 



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62. Flowers innumerable fill the 
air with fragrant sweets ; and the beau- 
teous pine groweth wild in the woods : 

63. From a tuft of the brightest 
green, it reareth its head of crimson 
dye: 

64. The beauteous flower perfume th 
the air; and often flourishes unseen. 

65. It fadeth away, and the fruit 
ripeneth, and refresheth the weary tra- 
veller. 

66. He plucketh the gilded cone 

scum, will sufficiently inform any one of this fact. 
See also, Bancroft's History of Guiana, p. 183, and 
Ulloa's Voyage, Vol. I. p. 57, 58. 

Ver. 62. The Pine Apple, whose "Blossom is 
one of the finest Flowers, and which is also one of 
the most delicious fruits, does in some hot Countries 
grow quite wild in the woods, and in great plenty, 
and especially near Carthagena, in South America 
(Ulloa's Voyage, Vol. I. p. /4.) It also grows wild 
in Africa (Ovington's Voyage, p. 6l.) 



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from its verdant bed, and rejoice th in 
the gifts of nature. 

67. Thus hath God made even the 
habitation of men very good; and even 
on us sinners hath poured abundant 
mercies. 

68. How glorious then shall He 
form the everlasting mansions, pre- 
pared for them that love Him, and hope 
on His Mercy! 

69. How glorious and good shall 
He form the World to come, where 
He will manifest Himself to those who 
trust on His Goodness! 

70. Behold we perceive as yet, but 
a small portion of His Works; we see 
the operations of His hands as through 
a glass darklv; vet how excellent do 
they appear! 

Vei\ 70. 1 Corinthians, xiii. 12, 



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71. Praise then the Lord, ye Servants 
of His, O Praise the name of the Lord. 

72. Praise God in His Holiness; 
Praise Him in the firmament of his 
Power. 

73. Praise Him in His Noble Acts; 
Praise Him according to His excellent 
Greatness, 



HYMN V. 

How admirable are the works of God I 
How excellent the operations of His 
hands ! 

2. I considered plants and animals; 
four-footed beasts, and creeping things. 

3. In all was manifested infinite 

Ver. /2. Psalm cl. I. 
Ver.73. Psalm cl. 2, 



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wisdom, and an excellent workman- 
ship, that I could not comprehend. 

4. Yet so much was made known 
unto me, as declared the power and 
goodness of God; and the continued 
agency of the Great Creator, and Lord 
of all things. 

5. I beheld the Caterpillar issuing 
from its egg, on the very plant needful 
for its support : 

6. For there the parent fly had 
placed it, that it might have whereon 
to feed. 

7. It enjoys the repast, it weaveth 
its web, and, preparing for its end, 
buildeth itself a rich tomb. 



Ver. 7. See a most elegant account of the man- 
ner of life, and of the transformation of insects, in 
the first volume of Nature Displayed, 

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8. It resteth from its labours; and 
sleepeth the sleep of death. 

9. At the appointed time it is raised 
again, and the Great Creator of all 
things giveth it a new life. 

10. It leaveth its ashes in the tomb 5 



Ver. 9. This similitude is finely introduced, and 
made use of as an argument, with many others, by 
Bishop Pearson, in his excellent Book on the Creed, 
to shew, even from the light of nature, both the 
possibility, and the probability, of a resurrection; 
and to prepare the mind to receive and embrace the 
light afforded by the Gospel, with regard to that 
most important doctrine : and it still deserves to be 
used as such ; although that curious observer of na- 
ture, Mr. Swammerdam, has proved that the worm 
does not absolutely perish in the Aurelia. For even 
he has also shewn, that there is, for a time, a dis- 
solution of the insect's whole frame; the skin of 
the worm being quite cast off, and the whole of the 
bodily substance becoming a mere fluid, within the 
Aurelia case; before it is changed into a nympha* 
as a prelude to its becoming a fly. 



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and ascends with a more beauteous 
form, into the regions of the air. 

1 1 . How glorious are its wings ! 
and its limbs how delicate ! 

12. It is covered with a rich plu- 
mage; and furnished with myriads of 
eyes, to behold all around. 

13. With its trunk it surpasseth 

Ver. 12. The discoveries of die Microscope have 
informed us, that the Eyes of flies consist each of a 
most prodigious number of small Corneas, set in an 
hemisphere, every one of which appears to have dis- 
tinct vision j and by this means, although flies cannot 
turn their heads, or move their eyes, yet they see 
almost all around them at once. One of their eyes, 
through a Microscope, appears, from this vast number 
of Corneas, like a rich net work; and its beauty is 
hardly to be conceived, by those who have not mi- 
nutely examined it. 

Ver. 13. All Flies, as well as the Bee, are fur- 
nished with a trunk, or sucker, with which those,, 
who feed on flowers, extract their rich juice for sus- 
tenance, though they do not lay up honey, - 



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the art of the Chymist; and extract- 
eth from flowers the most delicious 
sweets. 

14. It forsakes the leaf whereon it 
was first nourished, rejoicing in the 
bounty of its Maker. 

15. But, at His command, it is 
mindful of its offspring, and provides 
for the safety and sustenance thereof. 

16. With anxious care, it seeketh 
out the plant, which God hath given 
for its infant worms. 

17. Though itself feedeth not there- 
on, neither careth for the verdant 
leaves, yet is it led with unerring 
search, and never faileth in its choice. 

1 8. It curiously spreadeth forth its 
eggs; and, without thought, fulfilleth 
its appointed task. 

19. The Lord, Who hath withheld 



reason from these, hath given them in- 
stinct, a surer guide. 

20. What spirit ruleth in them, O 
Lord, Thou only knowest; let us behold 
their operations, and humbly adore. 

21. The Bee, just raised to life, 
without a teacher, skilfully forms her 
cell. 

22. The Sage's art is known to her: 
she has discovered the most capacious 
form, and the best division of space. 

23. Without scale or compass, she 
nicely measureth her work, and with 
great care strengtheneth its foun- 
dations. 

Ver. 22. All the Cells in an honeycomb are 
. Hexagons, which Mathematicians have found to be 
the only regular figures, except Squares and Triangles, 
which will exactly fill up space; and which, at the 
same time, are much more capacious than either of 
the latter. 



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24. She layeth her foundations, in 
the upper part; she buildeth down- 
wards, even unto the ground; and ex- 
quisitely finisheth her work; surpassing 
the art of man. 

25. The bird, fluttering from its 
parental nest, needs no instruction to 
fulfil her task. 

26. Who taught her to rear an ha- 
bitation for her young? 

27. To build with unerring skill; 
and exactly to form the structure pe- 
culiar to her kind? 

28. Who informed her that she 
should lay her eggs ; and that she should 
want a nest to preserve them from de- 
struction ? 

29. Who told her its proportion 
and extent ? and the number of her 
young that should have life ? 



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30. Who enabled her to know 
times and seasons ? and to provide that 
her work might be finished ere she 
should bring forth : 

31. Who counselled her to forbear 
her wonted flights ; and patiently to 
sit brooding on her young ? 

32. O, that I had understanding, 
to know the ways of God ! 

33. That I might learn to praise 
my Maker; and become wise by the 
instruction around me! 

34. Wilt not thou, O Lord, who 
raiseth the Caterpillar from its tomb, 
raise man also from the dust of death ? 

35. Wilt not Thou, who teacliest 
the fowls of the air to fulfil their ap- 
pointed task, guide the sons of men. 
by thy Spirit, to do Thy will : 

Yer, 35. Luke xi, 13, 



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36. Wilt not Thou, Who so plen- 
tifully pourest forth Blessings, upon 
all Thy Creatures, appoint good things 
for those that fear Thy Name ? 

37. I know, O Lord, that Thou art 
good ; and therefore doth my heart 
give thanks unto Thee. 

38. O praise the God of Heaven, 
Whose Mercy is extended over all. 

39- Let every thing that hath 
breath praise Him; and let man, the 
priest of the Creation, offer up a sacri- 
fice of Thanksgiving unto the Most 
Highest. 

40. Even a sacrifice accepted through 
the Mediation of the Redeemer; by 
Whom, though we be compassed with 



Ver. 3d. Matthew vi. 263 vii. 11. 

Ver. 39. Psalm cl. 6. 1 Peter ii. 5. 9. Key. i. 6, 



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infirmities, we have access unto the 
Living God. 



HYMN VI. 

O that I might draw near to God! 
that I might learn His ways, and do 
his Righteous Will ! 

2. He is our Creator, and Preserver, 
our Lord and Governour ; for His Ser- 
vice were we formed, and made to fill 
our appointed place. 

3. May we discharge the duties 
thereof; and be instruments of good 
in His hands ! 

4. The Lord called this world out 

Ver. 40. Ephesians ii. 1 8 5 iii. 12. Hebrews viii, 1 }. 
v. 2. 

Ver. 2. Daniel xii. 13, 



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of nothing. He spake the word, and 
all therein was made. 

5. At His Command Light came 
forth ; and, by the breath of His mouth, 
He gave life to all living creatures. 

6. He hath manifested His Divine 
Attributes in the works of creation; 
and given man understanding, to con- 
sider them, and to learn His ways. 

7. Wherefore is this Profusion of 
<jifts ? and why is this Glorious Scene 
displayed around? 

8. Was it that man should live in 
riot and excess? that he should con- 
sume them without thought? and 
be inebriated, and stupified, by that 
which should fill his heart with wis- 
dom? 

Ver. 4. Psalm xxxiii. 6. 
Ver. 5. Genesis i. 3. 



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9- Is God glorified by unmeaning 
praise? or by senseless and idle words? 

10. Can a man say, the works of 
God are good, and excellent, and give 
Praise unto the Most Highest; if he nei- 
ther knoweth nor considereth them? 

11. Wherefore have we eyes to see? 
and hearts that we may know and un- 
derstand? 

12. O Lord, make me to contem- 
plate Thy glorious Works: and that 
which I know not, teach Thou me. 

13. I beheld the Swallow departing 
from her abode, and travelling in search 
of other lands. 

Ver. 13. It has been a matter much disputed, 
by Natural Historians, whether Swallows pass over 
the Sea into other Countries ; or whether they hide 
themselves in holes, and even under the water, dur- 
ing the winter months, and remain all that time, 
like flies, in a torpid state. And so many facte have 



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14. As at the sound of a trump they 
assemble; and form their feathered 
bands. 

15. They know seasons; they ob- 
serve times; and wait the appointed 
hour. 

16. Not one ariseth, nor leaveth its 
place, till the instant ordained for their 
departure. 

17- At once they mount into the 

been alleged in support of both opinions (which 
may be seen at large in the Philosophical Transac- 
tions), that, probably, both opinions are partly 
founded in truth : but be that as it may, I can my- 
self ascertain the truth of what is here mentioned, 
and alluded to 3 for I have seen these birds assem- 
bling for many days together, on the top of a cer- 
tain large house, and increasing in number every 
day, till at last the whole roof was covered quite 
thick with them 5 and then they took their final 
departure, flying all together, quite out of sight, 
and appeared no more that Season. 



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air, and pass unto the place appointed 
for them. 

18. Without chart, or compass, they 
form their course: and dread neither 
winds nor storms, nor the dismal ob- 
scurity of the night. 

19. Is it not God that guides them? 
doth not their Creator lead them? 

20. Excellent are Thy Ways, O 
God ; and wonderful are the effects of 
Thy Providence! 

21. Seeing things uncommon, we 
adore; and lift up our souls with ad- 
miration. 

22. But teach us in all things to 
consider Thee ; that we pass not by 
unnoticed Thy bounteous gifts. 

23. That which is most excellent, 
is most common; should we therefore 
neglect to give Praise unto Thee? 



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24. O let the thoughts of my heart 
find favour in Thy sight; whilst I seek 
to acknowledge Thy Gifts, O Lord 
most High. 

25. The strong Ox is given unto 
man, to prepare his food, and assist 
him in his labours. 

26. He patiently endure th the yoke 5 
and obeyeth the voice of his driver: 
he laboureth with incessant pains; and 
meekly receiveth his reward, the por- 
tion allotted for his support. 

27. The Cow fleeth not from the 
abode of man, but plentifully sup- 
plieth him with food ; and returned! 
with her burthen, at the appointed 
hour. 

28. Why seek they not the woods; 
and to range at large, with the beasts 
of the forest? 



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L 29< Why do they not forsake man; 
and leave his habitation desolate? 

30. Lo the swift Horse, also, is obe- 
dient; and unmindful of his power and 
might. 

31 The fearful Sheep hearken to 
the voice of the shepherd; and follow 
him who leadeth them forth to pas- 
ture. 

32. With amazing fruitfulness thev 
increase, and replenish the folds; (where- 
as beasts of prey are few, and their 
offspring few r in number). 

33. They yield their wool to the 
shearer; and their lives for the service 
of man; and fulfil the ends that God 
hath appointed for them. 

34. Faithful is the Shepherd's guard: 
a pattern of fidelity to man. 

35. He preferreth his duty to life 



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itself; and suffereth not the approach 
of the thief and robber. 

36. Watchful, and sincere; sport- 
ful, and affectionate; cheering the heart 
of his master. 

37. From his hand lie receiveth, 
with eager joy, the bounty destined for 
his support. ' 

38. The food of man is not with- 
held from him : he is an emblem of the 
"wide extent of Mercy; 

39- Whilst sinners are healed, and 
live, by the Word of God: and dogs 
eat the crumbs that tall from their 
master's table. 

40. Who commanded all these to 
obey man, and to submit themselves to 
do his pleasure? 

Ver. 3o, Matt. iv. 4;. xv.2o. 



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41. The Lion and the Tiger refuse 
to be tamed: the Ox and the Dog want 
not strength, or power, to resist man's 
will. 

42. But God hath created these for 
man; and hath made them subservient 
unto him. 

43. O let the Servants of God be 
thankful : Let them adore His name. 

44. Let them give Praise, and Glory, 
and Honour, to the Lord Almighty, 
Who liveth for ever. 



HYMN VII. 



Who can express the Noble Acts of 
the Lord? or who can shew forth all 
His Praise? 



Ver. 43. Psalm cxlv. 10. 
Ver. 1. Psalm cvi. 2. 
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2. He is Great, and Excellent in 
Wisdom : He is Good, and His PoweF 
has no bounds. 

3. Thousands of thousands minister 
unto Him ; and ten thousand times ten 
thousand stand before Him, 

4. And lift up their voices, giving 
Thanks and Praise, to The Lord God 
Omnipotent, Who liveth for ever. 

5. Shall man alone forget his Maker? 
and shall he, for whom God hath done 
so great things, be unmindful of 
Him? 

6. The Lord looked down from 
heaven, and beheld the sons of men. 

7. He saw; and behold they had 
perverted their ways; and broken His 



Ver. 3. Daniel vii. 10. Rev. v. 11, 
Ver. 6. Psalm xiv. 3. 



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most Righteous and Holy Command- 
ments. 

8. They were perverse, and foolish, 
and eschewed good; and none lived 
without offence : 

9. They were unprofitable amongst 
the works of God : and become like a 
blot in the Creation. 

10. Alas! we have all sinned, and 
deserved death; there is no man holy, 
and worthy to appear before God. 

11. Destruction and misery were 
our portion; and that we should cease 
to be reckoned amongst the servants of 
the Most High. 

12. But God would not that what He 

Ver. 7. Psalm liii. 3, 4. 
Ver. 10. 1 John i. 8. 
Ver, 11. Romans iii, \6> 



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had made should perish: He willed to 
perform a greater work than Creation. 

13. With compassion, and tender 
mercy, He beheld our folly; and said, 
Let man be Redeemed. 

14. From the Mansions of Eternal 
bliss, and His High Throne in Heaven; 

15. From the Glory of the Father, 
which He inherited ere the World was ; 

16. The Lord of Life, The Son of 
God, descended. 

17. When the Most High created 
the heavens and the earth, and laid the 
foundations on the waters; 

18 When God said, Let there be 
light; and, by His Word, caused all 
things to exist; 

Ver. 13. Romans viii. 32. 1 John iv. 10, 

Ver. 14. John iii. 13. Ephesians iv, g, 10 

Ver. 15. John i. 7', xvii. 5. 

Ver. 18. Genesis i.3. 



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19. The Holy One, Who hath Re- 
deemed us, saw; and beheld the out- 
goings of the Ancient of days : 

20. And He stood not silent to be- 
hold: but at the Will of the Father 
stept forth to creation; and by Him 
were all things made. 

21. Yet even He, The Lord of Life, 
descended; and took on him the na- 
ture of helpless man : 

22. That he might redeem sinners; 
and restore a fallen world unto His 
God. 

23. That, out of evil, He might 
produce the greater good; 

Ver. 19. Daniel vii. 13, 

Ver. 20. John i. 3. 10. Hebrews i. 2. Co- 
lossians i. 16, 17. Ephesians iii. 9. 

Ver. 21. Hebrews ii. 16. Acts iii. 15. 
Ver.22. 2 Corinthians v, 18, 19. Colossiansi. 20. 
Ver. 23. Romans v. 15, 16, }?. 



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24. And cause redoubled joy in 
heaven, for the exaltation of that which 
was lost. 

25. O praise Him, all ye servants 
of God: praise Him, all ye Heavenly 
Hosts. 

26. O love Him, all ye sons of 
men; and, with unfeigned hearts, obey 
His will. 

27. Who can declare the ways of 
God? or who can comprehend His se- 
cret counsels? 

28- Wherefore was this appoint- 
ment? and why was the Holy One di- 
vested of His glory? 

29. He was despised, and rejected 
of men: a man of sorrows, and ac- 
quainted with grief. 

Ver. 24. Luke xv. 7« 
Ver. 27. Romans xi. 34. 
Ver. 29. Isaiah liii. 3. 



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SO. He was wounded, for our trans- 
gressions; He was bruised, for our ini- 
quities : The chastisement of our peace 
was upon Him ; and, with His stripes, 
we are healed. 

31. He was oppressed, and He was 
afflicted; yet He opened not His mouth: 
He was brought as a lamb to the slaugh- 
ter; and as a sheep before the shearers 
is dumb, so He opened not his mouth. 

32. He was taken away by violence, 
and unjust judgment : yet who can de- 
clare the wondrous things that He had 
-doner 

33. And He made his grave with 

Ver. 30. Isaiah liii. 5. 

Ver. 31. Isaiah liii. /. 

Ver. 32. Isaiah liii. 8. See also Dr. Sharp's 
Emendation of the Translation of these verses, in 
his argument in Defence of Christianity, p. 227* 
&c. John xxi. 25. 



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the wicked, and with the rich, in His 
death: though IJe had done no vio- 
lence, neither was any deceit in His 
mouth. 

34. But God hath raised Him again 
unto Glory; and made Him the first 
fruits of them that slept. 

35. That, as by man came death, 
by man also might come the Resurrec^ 
tion of the dead. 

36. And now our souls shall live in 
hope; and we shall see God. 

37- He that, believing, repenteth 
him of evil, and setteth himself to do 
good, shall find mercy ; and be as though 
he had not sinned. 

Ver. 33. Isaiah cliii. 9. 

Ver. 34. 1 Timothy iii. 16. 1 Corinthians xv. 20 

Ver. 35. 1 Corinthians xv. 21 . 

Ver. 36. Romans x. 9. 

Ver, 37. Luke xxiv.'47. Acts iii, 19. 



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38. He shall go on his way on earth 
rejoicing; and it shall^be well with him 
at his latter end. 

39. O give thanks unto the Lord of 
Heaven; and tell what wondrous things 
He hath done. 

40. Let all nations adore Him; and 
let the sound of His praise go forth, 
unto the ends of the earth. 

41. Love him, and obey his will, 
O Lord, let the prayers of Thy servants 
come before Thee. 

42. Let our sacrifice of Thanks- 
giving find favour in Thv sio'ht; and 
teach our hearts to look up unto Thee. 

Ver. 38. Romansxii. 12. Johnxvi.22. !Peteri.8. 



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HYMN VIIL 

How glad is the heart of man, when 
he beholdeth the Wonders of Creation ! 
% When he seeth the Sun arrayed 
in glory, and the grandeur of its de- 
parting beams ! 

3. When he vieweth the gilded 
clouds; and the tints of the evening, 
brighter than vermillion! 

4. When he surveyeth the starry 
concave of heaven, glittering with the 
brightness of innumerable Worlds ! 

5. He seeth the pale Moon also 
arising, and diffusing its solemn light 
over the face of the earth. 

6. He is filled with reverence; and 
lifteth up his soul unto his Maker. 



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7. How Great is the Creator of all 
these things! yea how Powerful, and 
Good! 

8. O Lord God; all that is in heaven, 
and in earth, is Thine ; and Thou up- 
holdest all. 

9. Adored be Thy Name, for ever 
and ever; and be Thou, O Most Mighty, 
glorified in all Thy Works. 



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PART THE SECOND^ 



HYMN I. 

Unto Thee, O Lord, will I lift up my 
soul; and give thanks with my whole 
heart. 

2. For thou hast heard me when I 
cried unto Thee; and didst not reject 
my humble petitions. 

3. The snares of death compassed 
me about: and I was near unto the 
grave. 

4. I said, " My days are numbered: 
" and hell hath opened its mouth upon 
" me. 

5. " Distress and misery are come 



11 

u upon me: and an everlasting destruc- 
a tion will overwhelm me. 

6. " I have not prayed unto the 
" Lord; nor lifted up my soul unto 
11 the Most High God. 

7. " I have disobeyed His Will, 
;i and multiplied transgressions ; and 
" shall perish with them that go down 
cl into the pit. 

8. " Yet is there not mercy w^ith 
" God? is there no room for repent- 
" ance ? 

9. " O spare me a little, that I may 
" recover my strength, before I go 
u hence, and be no more seen." 

10. And the Lord heard me, and 
delivered me, that I perished not : He 
raised me up, and heaped blessings 
upon me. 

Ver. Q. Psalm xxxix, 15. 



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11. For Thou, Lord, wiliest not 
that any should perish: but that all 
should come to repentance. 

12. Yet my heart was hardened, 
^and I forsook not my sins : but forgat 

God, and turned again unto folly. 

1 3. Then did the Lord correct me 
in mercy, and of His goodness laid af- 
fliction upon me. 

14. When I was chastened, I turned 
unto God; and remembered His past 
mercies. 

15. But my heart was not whole 
with Him; and I provoked the Most 
High to anger. 

16. O Lord, what am I in Thy 
sight; that I am not cut off from the 
J and of the living? 

Ver. 11. 2Peteriii. Q f 



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17. For I have been unprofitable 
amongst Thy works; and have not 
obeyed Thy Will. 

18. How great is Thy forbearance, 
and tender mercy! Who can compre- 
hend Thy Compassion, and Loving 
Kindness? 

19. O turn me unto repentance, 
and heal my soul : and pardon the hard- 
ness and perverseness of my heart. 

20. How often, instead of misery 
and affliction, have I received comfort ! 
instead of punishment and destruction, 
a blessing ! 

21. I said, " I will trust on God, 
" and not on man: for is not the Lord 
4i able to heal ? 

22. " I will make my prayer unto 
" the Most Highest: and, if it be His 
" will, my soul shall live.''" 



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23. And the Lord heard me, and 
delivered me from mine infirmities; He 
strengthened me; and set my heart at 
ease. 

24. And what my utmost wishes 
could not have presumed to hope for, 
He gave me; and still continues His 
mercy to me. 

25. Praise then the Lord, O my 
Soul, and rejoice before Him. 

26. Give thanks unto the Most 
High; and devote thyself to do His 
will. 

27. O my God, teach me Thy Sta- 
tutes : and make me to keep Thy Com- 
mandments. 

28. Give me wisdom to choose the 
thins; that is good: and stedfastness. 
to walk uprightly before Thee. 

29. O make me faithful even unto 



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the end ; that I may obtain a Crown of 
Life. 

30. That I may be an eternal mo- 
nument of Thy Compassion and Mercy : 
and may shew forth Thy power. 

31. Quicken me, O Lord, by Thy 
Spirit: and make me to be numbered 
with Thy redeemed. 

32. Through Christ alone I hope 
for mercy : O let not my humble faith 
be vain. 

33. But, for His sake, O Lord, hear 
me : and favourably receive my imper- 
fect adoration. 

Ver. 29. 2 Timothy iv. 8. 



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HYMN II. 

Thou, O Lord, art praised in Heaven ; 
and even from Earth shall the Spirits 
of Men look up unto Thee. 

2. O Thou that hearest the prayer; 
unto Thee shall all flesh come. 

3. My ipisdeeds prevail against me; 
but O be Thou merciful unto my sin. 

4. O give me not over to an aban- 
doned mind: but pardon my transgres- 
sions; and heal my soul. 

5. I should utterly have perished ; 
but that my hope was on Thee, O 
God. 

6. I lifted up my voice in my dis- 

Ver. 2. Psalm lxv. 2. 
Ver. 3. Psalm Lxv, 3. 



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tress : even when my soul knew not 
how to approach before Thee. 

7. And even then Thou heardest 
me ; and didst deliver me from death, 
and the grave. 

8. Thou didst raise me up, and spare 
my life ; and madest mine affliction a 
means of good unto me. 

9. With tender kindness Thou didst 
correct me; and lead mine heart unto 
repentance. 

10. Thou didst enlighten mine un- 
derstanding ; and madest me to know 
Thee, The Living God. 

11. Forsake me not now, in the 
days of my prosperity : O suffer me 
not to forget Thy Goodness and Mercy. 

12. Cast me not away from Thy 
Presence : O let not indolence, or hard- 
ness of heart, prevail in me. 



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15. But enable me, with devout and 
holy affections, to draw near to thee, 
my God : and to devote the days Thou 
addest to my Life, to the fulfilling Thy 
righteous Will. 

14. And may I worship Thee, O 
Lord, my Maker, for ever, with a most 
unfeigned heart ! 

15. Not with my lips only; but in 
every action of my Life, and with every 
purpose of my Soul. 



HYMN III. 



Blessed be the Lord my strength : 
Who giveth understanding unto the 
heart, and teacheth the soul to search 
•out truth. 



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2. My Creator, and Preserver; my 
Guide, and Protector; my God, in 
Whom I trust: Who upholdeth my life 
from destruction; and crowneth His 
Servants with mercy and loving kind- ■ 
ness. 

3. The Lord giveth knowledge nnto 
the simple : and understanding to them 
that are of an humble mind.i 

4. He is the fountain of all Wis- 
dom : and withholdeth it not from them 
that pray unto Him. 

5. I was foolish, and abandoned to 
evil: I knew not, neither considered 
the works of God. 

6. Mine eyes were blinded, that I 
saw not : I enquired not after the Ways 
of the Most High. 

Ver.3. Psalm xk, 7. Psalm cxix. 130. Jamesiv.6. 
Ver. 4. James i. 5 . 



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7. But it pleased him in mercy to 
convert my soul. O Lord, shew forth 
Thy Power, by turning my heart utterly 
from evil and folly. 

8. Thou hast taught me to form a 
prayer unto thee; and to lift up my 
£oul with humble hope. 

9. " O Lord, Thou art able to do 
u all things,: Thou art the author of 
" all Wisdom. 

10. " O give me an understanding 
" heart: and deliver me from ignorance 
" and folly. 

11. " Make me to know Thee, O 
" God Most High : and Thine Holy 
" One, Whom Thou hast appointed our 
" Redeemer and Judge. 

12. " Make me to see, and consider 
" Thee, in all thy Works : and to rejoice 
" in the operations of Thine hands. 



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13. " Give me such knowledge, as 
" may best enable me to do good: and 
" an heart to improve it to that end." 

14. O let not my prayer be in vain: 
Thou, Lord, hearest those that call 
upon Thee. 

15. What reward shall I o;ive unto 
my God, for all the good He hath done 
unto my Soul? 

16. Can man, who is born of the 
earth, do good unto his Maker? or 
profit Him Who giveth Salvation? 

17. I will receive the cup of thanks- 
giving; and call upon The Name of 
The Lord. 

18. O how pleasant are the ways 
of Wisdom, and the paths of know- 
ledge! 

, Ver. 16. Job xxii. 2. Job xxxv. 7, 
Ver. \y. Psalm cxvi. 12. 



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19. How good is it, to see and con- 
sider the works of God; and His deal- 
ings with the children of men! 

20. To discover, though imperfectly, 
the reason of things; and the excel- 
lence of the appointments of the Most 
High! 

21. To gather Wisdom, from expe- 
rience of the w^ays of God; and to have 
the view of all ages and nations opened 
to our eyes! 

22. These pleasures surfeit not: 
the mind is never satiated therewith. 

23. By th§m the soul is nourished; 
and prepared for Life Eternal. 

24. Yet how imperfect is the know- 
ledge attained on Earth! scarce doth 
it rise above ignorance and folly. 

25. The perfection of man's wis- 
dom, is to know his own weak- 



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ness ; and to perceive his want of In- 
struction. 

26. With humble hope to labour 
for the improvement of his Soul : and 
to look up unto the Most High, that 
he may be delivered from error. 

27. Lead me, O Lord, in Thy Paths : 
and instruct me by Thy Holy Spirit. 

28. And may the imperfect know- 
ledge I attain on Earth, prepare me to 
be a partaker of true Wisdom : 

29. To enter into the world of light : 
and to see Thee, the Living God. 



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HYMN IV. 

The prayers of the wicked are an abo- 
mination unto the Lord , when they 
call upon Him, He will not hear them. 

Ver. 1, Proverbs xy, 83 xxi. 27. 



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2. Wherefore honourest thou God 
with thv lips, whilst thou lavest not 

J JL » ■ 

up His Commandments in thine heart? 

3. Behold the works of God were 
manifested unto thee, that seeing His 
goodness, and wisdom, and power, thou 
mightest become wise; and make it thy 
choice to obey His will. 

4. But if thou seest His goodness. 
and continues t in sin; thine heart is 
hardened, and thy transgression with- 
out excuse. 

5. Withhold therefore thy words. 
and provoke not The Most High: first 
forsake iniquity, and then adore. 

6. Alas, O Lord. I thy servant am 
very sinful : I have done evil: and am 
unworthy to look up unto Thee. 

Ver. 2: Isaiah xxix. 13, 14. Matthew xv, S, Q 



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7. My provocations are manifold, 
and my sins grievous ; and I might 
justly be driven, for ever, from Thy 
Presence. 

8. If I should be cut off, and pe- 
rish, and be cast into hell; Thy sen- 
tence would be just, and Thy mercy 
unimpeached. 

9. For Thy forbearance hath ex- 
ceeded all bounds : and the means af- 
forded me of repentance have been 
innumerable : 

10. Yet, O Lord, whilst I live, I 
will not despair : Thou knowest mine 
infirmity, and weakness, and hast seen 
all the secret purposes of mine heart. 

11. O my God, forsake me not; 
give me not over unto a reprobate 
mind. 

12. Grant me a truly penitent and 



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contrite heart: and, if it shall please 
Thee to spare my life. Oh heal my 
soul. 

15. Who can tell the mercies of 
God; or circumscribe His power? 

14. The perverseness of my heart 
is great; and through levity, and inat- 
tention, I continually offend : 

15. Yet my Creator may still look 
upon me; and He is able, by His Spirit, 
to maintain watchfulness, and a sense 
of duty Avithin me. 

16. He can restrain temptation: 
and preserve me from falling. 

17. O my God, let not my trust on 
Thee, be hypocrisy, and vain presump- 
tion : but, in sincerity, let my thoughts 
ascend unto Thee; and O hear my 
prayer, and help me. 

1 8. May I find mercy through the 



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Mediation of Christ our Redeemer : and 
learn so to believe on Him, as to keep 
His sayings. 

19. O may I be spared unto re- 
pentance : and instead of becoming 
abandoned to sin, be made useful, and 
even exemplary in my generation. 

20. Make me to forsake iniquity: 
and teach me, O Lord of all, to adore 
Thy Holy Name. 

SI. May the praises of God be in 
my mouth: and may I even lead others 
to lift up their souls unto The Most 
High. 

22. May I attain unto an habit of 
true devotion, on earth ; and finally be 
permitted to worship with the Host of 
Heaven. 

23. O Lord, my Maker, pardon my 
presumptuous hopes : and let not that 



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which should be for my welfare, be 
unto me an occasion of falling. 



HYMN V. 



It is good for me that I have been af- 
flicted, and chastened by the hand of 
the Lord. 

2. It is good for me that I have 
known sickness, and have been made 
to consider my latter end. 

3. Oh how gracious and merciful 
art Thou, O Lord; Thou makest all 
things to work for good. 

4. Alas ! I have sinned, and trans- 
gressed against Thee : I have gone 
astray, like a sheep that is lost. 

5. The inconstancy of my heart 



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hath prevailed against me; and I have 
turned again, as a fool to my folly. 

6. I have deserved to perish, and 
to be cast into hell : I have added sin 
to sin. 

7. Vanity and pride have prevailed 
in my heart, and a desire to follow after 
vain things. 

8. Lord, what am I, that my life is 
spared ; and that I am not cut off from 
the land of the living? 

9. I have walked in the midst of 
the arrows of death : I have beheld the 
good falling into the grave. 

10. Even my bosom friends, and 
those who were dear unto me. 

11. I have beheld the companions 
of my youth falling: and they have 
quickly been carried to the grave. 



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12. Yet my life hath been spared : 
and I still live to praise God. 

13. Have I improved this mercy 
aright? have I given glory to my 
Maker? 

14. Have I done good on earth; 
find fulfilled His righteous will ? 

15. O Lord, I confess mine ini- 
quity; and humble myself before Thee. 

1 6. I have been unprofitable amongst 
Thy works : I have disobeyed Thy 
will. 

17. But Thou. hast in mercy chast- 
ened me ; wherefore I will give thanks 
unto Thee. 

18. O accept my imperfect repent* 
ance; and let my purposes of amend- 
ment find favour in Thy sight. 

19. For the good of Thy creatures 



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are all Thy most righteous command- 
ments. 

20. I have sinned against my own 
soul, when I have done evil in Thy 
sight. 

21. But O let it please The Lord to 
forgive my sin; and in mercy to hear 
me. 

22. Let the things which I have 
purposed to do well, be performed, O 
my God, by Thy help. 

23. O spare my life; and make me 
to do good; and guide me, by Thy 
Holy Spirit, that I may perform Thy 
will. 

24. Let my sins be blotted out, for 
the sake of Christ our Saviour; and 
make me henceforth to become exem- 
plary amongst Thy servants. 

25. My soul shall truly praise Thee, 

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Lord; my heart shall give thanks 
unto Thee. 

26. For Thou art good, and hast 
pity on Thy creatures; and makest all 
things to work for good. 

27. I have been in sickness; but it 
was the hand of the Lord; and I will 
praise Him for His goodness and mercy 
unto me. 

HYMN VI. 

1 said I would walk uprightly in the 
Sight of God, and keep His most Righ- 
teous Commandments. 

2. I said, I would set my heart to 
do good, and eschew all manner of evil. 

3. And it was for a time my delight 
to walk uprightly: and I rejoiced in 
the Hope of the Favour of God. 



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4. But the deceitf ulness of my heart 
hath cast me down; and mine incon- 
stancy hath overthrown me. 

5. When I thought, surely it is well 
with me; and I shall not greatly 
fall; 

6. My folly is utterly passed away; 
and the remembrance thereof shall be 
wiped out for ever: 

7. Even then the perverseness of 
my heart did suddenly lead me aside; 
and I still remained enslaved by sin. 

8. O Righteous Lord, I have trans- 
gressed against Thee : and sinned against 
my own soul. 

9. I have provoked thee to anger: 
Indignation and wrath may justly be 
my portion. 

10. But O let it not increase my 
guilt, that I still lift up my soul unto 



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Thee ! Let it not be presumptuous folly, 
that still I would pray for mercy! 

11.0 Lord, Thou Searcher of hearts, 
Remember, of Thy tender compassion, 
the prayers that I have made unto 
Thee. 

12. Alas! through perverse trans- 
gressions, I may seem as an hypocrite. 
But Oh forsake me not; Cause the good 
desires of my soul to prevail, at length, 
over evil. 

13. Let me not be as one cruci- 
fying the Lord of Life afresh; but may 
I, through Him, obtain pardon, and 
mercy. 

14. And make my repentance to be 
sincere; O make me even an instru- 
ment of good in Thy hands. 

Ver. 13. Hebrews vi. 6, 



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15. -Thou, Lord, canst do all things: 
Help me to devote the being Thou 
hast given me to Thy service. 

16. And let not my prayer and 
hope increase my guilt: but make me 
to return unto the right way; and, for 
the sake of my Lord and Redeemer, 
have mercy on me. 



HYMN VII. 

Behold, O Lord, I am but dust and 
ashes: my strength is as nothing; and 
my thoughts and purposes but vain. 

2. All my days, before Thee, are as 
a moment of time: even to my own 
soul, as a flitting dream, which quickly 
passeth away. 

3. How shall I stand in the Day of 



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Judgment? How shall I appear before 
the Throne of God; in the Presence of 
the Host of Heaven ? 

4. I said I would do good; but I 
did it not: I said I would forsake all 
sin; yet, alas! I transgressed. 

5. Help Thou me, O my God, and 
deliver my soul : let me not become a 
reproach : let not mine enemies triumph 
over me : 

6. For though I am weak, and 
foolish in heart, yet Thou, O Lord, art 
all Powerful, and Good. 

7. O let mine iniquity be pardoned, 
for His sake, who died, and rose again : 
let me be cleansed from my Avickedness 
and guilt, through Him Who hath Re- 
deemed the world. 

8. Let my prayer be heard, through 
the intercession of The Great Mediator : 



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and let me be strengthened, by the 
Ever-living Spirit, to Thy Glory. 

9. Let my ways be upright; and 
my works the works of mercy ; that in 
me, even in me, O Lord, Thou mayest 
be glorified. 

10. Then shall I have hope in my 
latter end : and, in the World to come, 
shall stand forth to praise God. 

11. O my God, Thou hast heaped 
blessings upon me ; therefore will I 
love Thee. In the day of distress Thou 
hast delivered me; therefore will I give 
Thanks unto Thee. 

12. I have deserved a bitter por- 
tion; but have received comfort: and. 
by the forbearance of my God, I still 
live to praise Him. 

Ver. 8. Ephesians ill. 16. 



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13. O that my repentance may be 
sincere; and that, even unto the end 
of my days, I may glorify God, by 
faithful obedience. 



HYMN VIII. 

Wherefore should my soul be dis- 
quieted, and cast down? wherefore 
should it be so desolate, and afflicted? 

2. Is there not Mercy with God? 
will not the Lord have pity on those 
that call upon Him? 

3. Yea, as a Father pitieth his own 
children, even so is the Lord compas- 
sionate towards those that fear Him. 

4. For He knoweth whereof we 

Ver. 1. Psalm xliii. 5, 6. 
Ver.3. Psalm ciii. 13. 



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are made; He remembereth that we are 
but dust. 

5. Look upon the days of old, and 
the times that are past: 

6. To whom hath the Lord shewn 
mercy? and whom hath He called His 
people? 

7. Even those who were frail, and 
sinful : even towards such hath His 
hand been stretched out, to help them. 

8. And now hath He appointed a 
Ransom for the Souls of men: even 
unto sinners are opened the gates of 
Salvation, through the blood of His 
Dear Son. 

Ver. 4. Psalm ciii. 14. 

Ver. 6. Numbers xiv. 18,19. Deuteronomy ix. 
Nehemiah ix. 19, 31. 

Ver. 7. Isaiah i. 18. Wisdom xi. 23, 25, 26. 

Ver. 8. Matthew xx. 28, 1 Timothy ii. 6. Mat- 
thew ix. 13. Luke v. 32. 



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£). Those who have turned unto 
Righteousness, have a sure hope; and 
they who strive to become pure, and 
undefiled, shall be made perfect in their 
latter end. 

10. For even unto sinners, saith my 
God, through faith, your souls shall 
live: Repent, and amend your doings; 
and ye also shall have peace in The 
Last Day. 

11. O Lord God, how good art 
Thou ! who can comprehend Thy lov- 
ing kindness, and mercy? 

12. Oh that we were wise to con- 
sider it! and our hearts truly humble, 
to acknowledge it ! 

13. If God should arise in anger, 

Ver. 9. Matthew v. 6 ; vii. 7 ; xii. 20. 
Ver. 10. Luke xxiv. 47. John v. 24 ; xi. 25. 
Ezekiel xxxiii, 14,, 15, \Q, 19. 



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and suffer His Displeasure to be kindled 
against the sons of men; 

14. If He should shake terribly the 
Earth; and destroy His creatures, who 
abuse His Goodness; 

15. Who forget God their Maker; 
and Him Who daily upholdeth their 
life; 

16. By Whose bounty they are fed; 
and who hath heaped blessings upon 
them ; 

17. Would not justice reign? — Lord, 
forgive the coldness of heart, where- 
with, whilst we be spared, We give 
thanks unto Thee. 

18. Though my spirit is weak; yet 
let my desire find favour in Thy sight. 

19. Let a sense of Thy forbearance 

Ver. 13. Joelii. 11, 31. 
Ver. 14. Haggai ii. 6. 



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and mercy, make me to love Thee; 
and to become obedient to Thy word. 

20. O Lord, I confess my sin; and 
humble myself before Thee. 

21. My Transgressions have been 
repeated; and I am utterly vile in my 
own sight. 

22. But O let my soul be healed; 
and may I yet, even yet, learn obe- 
dience to Thy word ! 

23. Quicken me by Thy Holy Spi- 
rit; and let me not be cast away from 
Thy Presence. 

24. Let not mv heart be hardened, 
and insensible: let not my humiliation 
be transient, as the Morning Dew. 

25. But O work in my soul that 

Ver. 19. Romans ii. 4. 
Ver. 23. Psalurli. 11. 
Ver. 24. Hosea vi. 4, 






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true repentance, that may bring forth 
fruit unto Life Eternal. 

Q6. Lord, I will humbly hope, be- 
cause of Thy mercy : I will yet seek 
to Rejoice before Thee. 



HYMN IX. 

Forsake me not, O Lord my Creator, 
neither give me over unto a reprobate 
mind. 

2. O let not Thine indignation rise 
against me; lest I be consumed in a 
moment, and perish everlastingly. 

3. Alas, O Lord God, whilst I re- 
ceive Mercy, I tremble before Thee; 
how then should I endure Thine Anger 
and Displeasure ? 

4. I confess my vileness, and abhor 



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my weakness: Thou knowest how 
foolish and frail I am. 

5. If thou vouchsafes t to regard 
me ; I fear, because of mine iniquity : 
yet if Thou shouldest be unmindful of 
me, I should quickly cease to exist. 

6. O that my soul might live be- 
fore Thee! and that I might obtain the 
peace which the righteous have ! 

7* O Holy Lord, I am unworthy ; 
but there is mercy with Thee, and 
therefore I will not despair. 



HYMN X. 

O jlet not my Soul forget The Lord, 

who hath done so great things for me. 

2. I will offer the Sacrifice of 



Ill 

Thanksgiving ; and sing praises, with 
my whole heart. 

3. Yea, though he should afflict 
my soul, and bring it low, yet would I 
give thanks unto Him : and, in the 
midst of pain, and trouble, adore His 
Holy Name. 

4. O Lord, I have deserved misery; 
I have deserved no blessing at Thy 
hands ; 

5. Yet thou hast blessed me ; and 
bestowed good things upon me. 

6. Thou hast upheld my life, from 
the destruction that was ready to over- 
whelm me : Thou hast averted the evil, 
that was ready to fall upon me. 

7. Thou hast given me plenty of 
the good things of Life ; the means of 
knowledge; and the consolation of 
friends. 



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8. From day to day my life hath 
been upheld : when I expected sorrow, 
I have received comfort. 

9. Yet, O my God, how have I re- 
turned thanks unto Thee? how have I 
acknowledged Thy goodness ? 

10. With feeble and backward lips 
have I adored Thee, and with an heart 
still prone to evil. 

11. And, in the hour of temptation, 
I have turned aside, forgetting my 
Creator and Benefactor. 

12. O forgive the folly and per- 
verseness of my heart : and let my 
contrition, and repentance, be accepted, 
through the Mediation of the Re- 
deemer. 

13. Let the Thanksgivings, O Most 
Highest, of Thy servant come before 
thee; and let my soul live to praise Thee. 



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14. Alas, O Lord ! what am I, that 
I have not been cut off, in the midst of 
my sins? 

15. Whence is this goodness unto 
me; that whilst many around me are 
carried to the grave, I still am spared, 
and live to praise God? 

16. I have indeed received abundant 
mercy; and a blessing, which I have 
not deserved. 

17. Therefore will I still hope on 
God : not presumptuously; but because 
His Goodness and Power are infinite. 

1 8. In the Name of The Redeemer 
will I lift up my soul, unto The Lord 
Almighty, Who liveth for ever. 

19. O my Creator, if it may please 
Thee, let my life be spared; and prolong 
my days, to the fulfilling the purposes 
of mine heart for good. 



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20. Preserve me from evil and sin; 
and may disease and sickness be re- 
moved from me. 

21. Give me a spirit of industry, to 
discharge the duties of my station : and 
grant success to my labours, that I 
may become wise. 

22. Prosper Thou the works of my 
hand upon me; O prosper Thou my 
daily work. 

23. Thou, O Lord, art able to do 
all things; and there is nothing that 
can resist Thy Will. 

24. On Thee alone, O my God, is 
my trust ; and not on man; or on mine 
own strength. 

25. Thou raisest the humble from 



Ver. 22. Psalm xc. 17. 
Ver. 25. Luke i. 51. 



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the dust; and confoundest the imagi- 
nations of the proud. 

26. Convert my soul from sin, to 
the fear of thee : and make me to be 
exemplary, and useful upon earth. 

27. Let me live the life of the righ- 
teous, that my last end may be like 
his. 

28. O Lord most Holy, let my 
prayer be accepted, for Christ his sake: 
and let it not be vain, and presump- 
tuous. 

29. Let the words of my mouth, 
and the thoughts of my heart, be ac- 
cepted, through the Mediation of my 
Lord and Redeemer. 



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HYMN XL 

O that I were wise to understand! 
that I might consider my latter end! 

2. I will look upon the years that 
are gone ; and grieve, for that I have 
walked vainly therein. 

3. Alas! my days are as nothing; 
and my past life, as a tale that is told. 

4. O that I had laid hold on in- 
struction ! and numbered my days by 
increase of wisdom ! 

5. I will say unto the worm, thou 
art my brother: and to the dust of the 
earth, thou art my sister, and mother. 

6. For out of the dust was I taken; 
and unto the dust shall I return. 

Ver. 5. Job xvii. 14. 
Vexv6. Genesis iii. 19. 



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7. I brought nothing with me into 
this world; neither shall I carry any 
thing out of it again. 

8. But I shall return naked to the 
grave : and my dwelling shall be in si- 
lence; in the bowels of the earth; 

9. Where neither the eye seeth; 
neither doth the ear hear; neither do 
the lips praise God. 

10. Thus shall my body perish; 
and be consumed, because of sin. 

1 1. Riches, Honours, and Pleasures, 
profit not: neither will they abide at 
the latter end. 

12. But wisdom shall remain for 
ever : and the soul, that receiveth in- 
struction, shall ascend on high. 

Ver. /, 1 Timothy vi. /. 
Ver. g t Psalm cxv. 1~. 
Ver. 12. Wisdom vii. 27. 



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13. Knowledge shall increase for 
ever: and the seed sown on earth shall 
bring forth an hundred fold. 

14. The Soul that feareth God shall 
never die; but shall ascend into the 
mansions of Everlasting Bliss: 

15. Where the Redeemed of God 
shall praise Him; and shall live for 
ever and ever., 

16. Christ their Saviour also shall 
lead them, and guide them; and be 
their Eternal Shepherd. 

17. He shall raise His servants from 
the grave : and drive away the shadow 
of death. 

18. In glory shall His Throne be 

Ver. 14. John xi. 25, 26 j xvii, 20, 24. 
Ver. 16. Ezekiel xxxiv. 23. Isaiah xl. 11. He- 
brews xiii. 20. 1 Peter ii. 25 5 v. 4. 

Ver. 17. John v. 28, 2Q, 



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established: and the Sun, in compa- 
rison of Him, shall lose its bright- 
ness. 

19. Lo, He humbled Himself, even 
unto death, and He is exalted High, 
above all. 

20. Thousands of Saints shall mi- 
nister unto Him; and with shouting 
and great joy shall they behold Him, 
when he cometh to Restore all things. 

21. At the sound of His voice, the 
earth shall tremble, and yield up the 
dead, that are therein. 

22. The sea, also, shall roar, and 
boil like a cauldron; the mountains also 



Ver. 18. Revelations xxi. 23. 
Ver. 19. Philippians ii. 8, Q, 10. Hebrews xii. 2. 
Ver. 20. 1 Thessalonians ii. 19 5 iii. 13 5 iv. \3> 
14, 2 Thessalonians i. f 3 10, Jude 14, 



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shall be shaken; and the earth shall 
smoak, and burn with fire. 

23. Terrible shall be that day unto 
the wicked: and to all such as fear not 
God. 

24. But the righteous shall rejoice, 
and lift up their heads; for their re- 
demption draweth nigh. 

25. O that I might be found amongst 
the servants'of God ! that I might have 
hope in that day! 

26. Lord, teach me to improve aright 
the years Thou addest unto me; if I may 
yet live : and turn away my soul from 
vanity, and folly. 

27. I will humble myself before 

Ver. 22. 2 Peter iii. 10. Revelations xx. 13. 
Ver. 23. Malachi iv. I. 1 Peter iv. 18. 
Ver. 24. Malachi iv. 2, 3. Luke xxi. 28. Wis- 
dom iii. 7, 8. 



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Thee, O God most High. Make me 
to receive instruction, and to be occu- 
pied in doing good. 



HYMN XIL 

O Lord, most Holy, Thou art of purer 
eyes than to behold iniquity; 

2. Dreadful in Majesty; and dwel- 
ling in the pure light, which Angels 
with awful trembling behold. 

3. How then should I presume to 
look up unto Thee? or how can I make 
my prayer before God? 

4. Alas ! at my best estate, I am 
but as the dust of the earth; frail also, 
and imperfect in all my ways. 



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5. How then should I worship the 
Lord most Holy, when moreover my 
doings have been perverse; and I am 
very sinful ? 

6. O Great and Glorious God, Tre- 
mendous in Majesty, should I presume, 
of myself to come before Thee? 

7. Thy tender Compassion hath ap- 
pointed a Mediator for man : in His 
Holy name I would humbly pray. 

8. Through his mediation, I would 
offer up Thanksgivings, and adore Thy 
Holy Name. 

9. How great is Thy goodness, O 
Lord God! when those whom Thou 
hast created have forsaken Thee, Thou 
dost not readily forsake them : 

10. But still recallest them; and 
hast patience with them; that they 
may turn unto Thee again. 



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11. Turn then again unto The Lord, 
O my Soul; and with trembling hope 
look up unto Him. 

12. O Lord, how great is Thy 
mercy ! when we are vile, and defiled 
with sin, Thou yet permittest us to 
pray unto Thee ! 

13. Thou dost not destroy us be- 
cause of transgressions ; but inclinest 
Thine ear to our frail petitions. 

14. Thou quickenest the least de- 
sires for good; and helpest us by Thy 
Holy Spirit. 

15. What reward can I give unto 
the Lord, for all the good He hath 
done unto my soul? 

16. Alas ! my thanksgivings and 
adorations are not worthy to appear 
before Him: neither can my love, or 
obedience, profit The most High. 



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17. That which God hath com- 
manded us, in order to obtain His Fa- 
vour, is only that we should seek our 
own good. 

18. The Lord hath truly required 
nothing at our hands; nor can we re- 
turn aught unto Him : 

19. For to keep His command- 
ments, is but to promote our own hap- 
piness : to love and fear Him is but to 
increase our joy of heart. 

20. O love The Lord, ye servants 
of His, lift up your voices to Praise 
His Ho]y Name. 

21. O draw nigh unto Him; and 
receive the good, which He so freely 
offereth unto the Souls He hath made. 

22. He freely giveth with infinite 
Compassion; O reject not His tender 
Kindness and Mercies. 



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23. O my God, Thou hast created 
my spirit, that it might rejoice, and 
live before Thee. 

24. Thou hast often delivered me 
from the grave, and not suffered me to 
perish in my sin. 

25. O let not hardness, or levity of 
heart destroy me : let not vanity, or 
folly, draw aside my soul. 

26. But may I daily, with purer 
and more fervent love, draw nearer to 
Thee ; for Thou art The fountain of all 
good. 

27. May my heart truly rejoice be- 
fore Thee : and may I love and mag- 
nify Thee, with all my might. 

28. May I manifest my love also by 
keeping Thy commandments, and by 
doing good to my fellow-creatures. 

29. O pardon our unworthiness, for 



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Christ His sake, and accept, O God, 
our hymns of praise. 

30. May we be justified, pardoned, 
and sanctified, through Him Who be- 
came a sacrifice for sin. 

31. And after we have finished our 
course on earth, may we through Him 
be raised from death, to live before 
Thee. 

HYMN XIII. 

O that I might attain unto Righte- 
ousness ! that I might learn to keep 
the Commandments of God ! 

2. That I might be found amongst 
them that forsake all sin, and fear The 
Lord Most High ! 

3. O that I might be continually 
occupied in doing good ! and be found 



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a faithful steward of the talents where- 
with God hath intrusted me ! 

4. That I might improve all, to His 
glory ; and to the benefit of my fellow- 
creatures ! 

5. I know that, were I perfect, I 
should have nothing whereof to boast 
myself; and should be but an unpro- 
fitable servant. 

6. I know, moreover, that I am too 
frail of myself to do good; and un- 
worthy to be an instrument thereof to 
the souls of men. 

7. But thou, O Lord, withholdest 
not Thine help from any : Thy mercy, 
and compassion, are extended unto all. 

8. Therefore will I hope, that my 
desire, and prayer, shall not be in vain. 

9. Surely the doing good, is the 
greatest blessing to the doer. 



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10. The power to perform it, is the 
gift of God; and the performance 
thereof no merit that ean claim reward. 

11. It should excite thanksgiving; 
and cause us the more to humble our- 
selves before The Most High. 

12. How gracious is the Lord our 
God ! Who promiseth great reward, if 
we will but hearken, to do that which 
is itself delight unto the Soul. 

13. My God, raise me up from sin 
and folly ; strengthen me by the assist- 
ance of Thy Holy Spirit. 

14. Make my life to be sincere; 
that even in my failings, O Lord, Thou 
mayest be glorified. 

15. O increase and confirm the de- 
sires of my heart for good : and do 
Thou help me, that I may perform 
them. 



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16. Preserve me from being en^ 
snared by the delusions of the world J 
or by the levity of mine own heart. 

17. Help me to watch carefully; 
deliver me from temptation ; and make 
me daily to increase in faithfulness. 

18. Then shall I give praise unto 
Thee, O Lord, in my latter end; and 
rejoice, because of Thy Power. 

19. Through Christ my Saviour 
alone I hope for Pardon and Mercy ; 
through Him also I hope for power to 
do good. 

20. O let not that hope and faith 
be vain. Thou,- Lord God, helpest all 
those that call upon Thee, 



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HYMN XIV. 

O Lord, Thou knowest the trouble of 
my soul : preserve me stedfast, that I 
may do Thy will. 

2. Behold, I am in the midst of 
temptation; do Thou strengthen me, 
that I fall not into sin. 

3. I will seek Thy favour, O my 
God: I will not seek the praise of 
men; lest I be ensnared, and led aside 
unto evil. 

4. I would obtain the good-will of 
those around me : but Oh let not a 
weak compliance destroy me. 

5. Let not those who are my friends, 

Ver. 2. 1 Peter v. 10. 



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and wish my prosperity, draw aside my 
soul from my purposes for good. 

6. Guard me against those hidden 
snares, which the kindness of friends 
oft spreadeth for the soul. 

7. Let not the mistaken opinions 
of any turn me aside; nor a desire to 
be approved betray me. 

8. I am indeed continually prone 
unto error; therefore I would not prefer 
mine own judgment. 

9. I would not vainly oppose the 
thoughts of my own heart to those of 
others; nor vainly condemn them. 

10. But whereinsoever I may fully 
perceive that which is right, O 
strengthen me, that I may adhere sted- 
fastly unto it. 

11. Alas, O Lord, my soul is clis- 



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quieted ; lest I be deluded, and turned 
aside from good. 

12. O root that vanity out of my 
heart, which is the source of all evil. 

IS. Help me, that I perish not: my 
trust is on Thee, Most Mighty ; and 
Thou art faithful and good. 

14. I believe Thy Holy Word: O 
make me a faithful disciple of Jesus 
my Saviour. 

15. For His sake hear my prayer: 
and let the desires of my soul ascend 
unto Thee. 

16. O Lord, deliver me from vain 
disquietudes : and enable me in peace 
to possess my soul. 

17. Let not my heart be changed 
from good : but may that which I have 
fervently purposed, be effectually per- 
formed. 



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HYMN XV. 

Wherefore art thou so disquieted and 
cast down, O my soul? and why dost 
thou faint in this state of trial? 

2. Shall we receive good at the 
hand of God ; and shall we not receive 
evil ? 

3. Yea, The Lord is very merciful: 
He bestoweth abundant good things; 
and will not suffer us to be tempted 
beyond that we are able. 

4. The blessings He giveth are in- 
numerable : and the evils that befall 
us, few in comparison thereof. 

5. Whereas we deserve no good: 

Ver. 2, Job ii. 10. 

Ver, 3. 1 Corinthians x. 13, 



134 

and our iniquities justly merit indig- 
nation, and wrath. 

6. It is of His great forbearance 
and goodness, that He spareth us : shall 
we then murmur, because all evil is 
not removed? 

7. He leadeth us unto repentance; 
and trieth our souls; yea even as silver 
is tried. 

8. O my God, I confess my sin; 
and humble myself before Thee. 

9. I have murmured, and have been 
rebellious in my heart; I have com- 
plained with anguish of spirit. 

10. But O accept the return of my 
soul; and my desire to be submitted to 
Thy Will. 

11. Oh keep me from the evil that 

Ver. /. Proverbs xvii. 3. Psalm lxvi. 9. 



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I am not able to bear; that I perish 
not through temptation. 

12. I know, O Lord, that Thou art 
good: I have experienced Thy mercy; 
and my whole trust and hope is on 
Thee. 

13. O my God, I know not what is 
fit or expedient for me; therefore Thy 
will be done. 

14. Appoint for me whatever Thy 
wisdom seest to be best; and make me 
to improve aright Thy gracious ap- 
pointment. 

15. Teach me in whatsoever station 
I am, therewith to be content, and to 
improve all to Thy glory. 

16. Convert my soul from sin, unto 



Ver. 15. Philippians iv. 11. Hebrews xiii. 5, 
Ver. I/. Psalm cii. 2. 



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righteousness and goodness; and lead 
me, by Thy help, unto Salvation. 

17. Thou, O Heavenly Father, hast 
created me; Thou only art able to con- 
vert me : Oh save my soul, and hear me 
in the day of trouble. 



HYMN XVI. 



O give thanks unto the Lord of Heaven.; 
worship Him; and with humble reve- 
rence adore His Holy Name. 

2. O my soul, lift up thyself unto 
Him; and offer the sacrifice of Praise 
and Thanksgiving. 

S. Behold, O Lord, all that I pos- 
sess is Thine ; for Thy bounteous hand 
has bestowed all. 

4, My life, and the faculties of 



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my mind; my body, and the senses 
thereof. 

5. Thou hast formed me of the dust 
of the earth: Thou also hast made me 
a living spirit, that I might con tern- 
plate Thy works. 

6. Thou fillest my mind with a de- - 
sire of Knowledge ; and teachest it to 
thirst after Truth. 

7. Thou hast placed me in a station, 
where I may improve my mind : and 
givest me the means of obtaining wis- 
dom. 

8. By the labours of wise men am 
I instructed: but their knowledge, and 
the success of their endeavours, was of 
Thee, O Lord. 

9. Thou, O Father, causest corn 

Ver. 5. Genesis ii. 7» 



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and wine to burst forth from the earth; 
and createst all the food wherewith I 
am nourished. 

10. The leafless and dry Tree doth 
blossom, and bear fruit, at the ap- 
pointed season : the springs and foun- 
tains of water arise out of the hard 
Rock. 

11. Knowledge descendeth from 
Heaven, to the benighted Soul: and 
comfort springeth up, amidst the woes 
of life. 

12. Thou givest me plenty of good 
things : and preservest me, day by day, 
to enjoy them. 

13. O Lord, all that is in heaven 
and in earth is Thine; and whatsoever 
we have> w r e have received of Thee: 

14. For of Thee, and through Thee, 
and to Thee, O most Mighty, are all 



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things: and Thou, of Thy Goodness, 
upholdest all. 

15. Unto Thee, O my God, would 
I offer up my soul: O teach me, by 
improving all to Thy Glory, to make 
an acceptable sacrifice unto Thee. 



HYMN XVIL 

Lord, remember me in all my trou- 
bles, and in mercy look upon me: 

2. For bitter distress has fallen upon 
me; and I am worn away by my com- 
plaining. 

3. Where I looked for comfort, I 
have found sorrow; and evil hath mul- 
tiplied on my head daily. 

4. Surely I have known affliction, 

Ver. 14. Romans xi. 36, 



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and borne adversity: and when men 
thought it was well with me, my heart 
w r as pined with anguish and grief. 

5. When I purposed to do good, 
the power was withheld; and the de- 
sires of my heart have proved vain. 

6. Yet wherefore should my soul 
complain? I will not charge my God 
foolishly. 

7* I will adore His Holy Name ; 
and humble myself before Him. 

8. O Lord God, Thou art very 
good; and bestowest upon me blessings 
that I have not deserved. 

9. Thou hast created me : Thou 
hast given me all that I enjoy; and 
daily upholdest me by Thy power. 

10. Shall the creature say unto The 



Ver. 6. Habakkuk iil. l*j, 18, 



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Creator, Why am I thus? Is it not in 
God to dispense His blessings accord- 
ing to His Will? 

11. Surely then, were I innocent 
and upright, yet Thou miglitest justly 
mix evil in my portion, as it pleased 
Thee. 

12. But I am wicked and sinful; 
and, by perverse transgressions, have 
provoked Thee, O Lord, to anger. 

13. Wherefore then should I com- 
plain because of my sorrows ; because 
of the just punishment of my sins? 

14. I will confess mine iniquities: 
and search my heart; and turn unto 
Thee, my God, with humble contrition. 

15. O save me from eternal pain; 
and from the destruction that cometh 
upon the wicked. 

Ver, 13, Lamentations ui; 3g. Micah vSL g. 



142 

16. So shall my soul bless Thee, 
because of Thy merciful correction, 
and for ever give thanks unto Thee. 

17. Forgive, O Lord, the complaints 
of my heart : Thou knowest what is 
fittest for me. Thy Will be done. 

18. O accept my purposes for good: 
and, if it may be, enable me yet to per- 
form them. 

19. Make me stedfast to do the 
thing that is right : and keep my soul, 
that I be not ensnared by vain ima- 
ginations. 

20. O my God, if I may yet live, 
and see good days, teach me to improve 
them to Thy glory ! 

21. Behold I have been brought 
down to the borders of the grave : I 
have also been surrounded with dis- 
tress and anguish; 



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22. Yet Thou hast delivered me: I 
will still therefore hope on Thy Mercy. 



HYMN XVIIL 

Teach me to sanctify Thee, O my God, 
in my heart: and spiritually to give 
Thanks unto Thee. 

2. Teach me to love Thee, O Lord, 
with all my soul: and with joy to mag- 
nify Thy Holy Name. 

3. For Thou dost deliver the soul 
from death, the eyes from tears, and 
the feet from falling. 



4. O Father of Heaven, Creator 
and Lord of all things, to Thee be 
Glory, and unfeigned Adoration, 



Ver.3. Psalm cx^i, 8, 



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5. Accept it through the Mediation 
of The Great Intercessor, Who maketh 
the thoughts of our hearts to find fa- 
vour before Thee. 

6. Deeply will I humble my soul ; 
for, alas, I am as nothing in Thy sight, 
and vile. 

7. But from all be Praise, and Glory, 
and Honour, unto Thee, Lord God Al- 
mighty; Who Livest for Ever. 



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PART THE THIRD. 



HYMN I. 

.Deliver me, O Lord, from the Cap- 
tivity of sin: and let my soul live be- 
fore Thee, in Thine Everlasting King- 
dom. 

2. Alas ! how wretched is man, 
through the perverseness of his heart! 
and how are the Blessings of The Al- 
mighty perverted, through his folly! 

3. Kings reign; and seek not their 
greatness in the prosperity of their sub- 
jects ; but enrich themselves bv tv- 
ranny, and oppression. 

4. And the People, to whom God 

x 



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hath given good Rulers, refuse to obey. 
Every one saith, I am able to rule : 
and, by their folly, they draw down 
calamities on their own heads. 

5. The Nations despise benevolence, 
and peace, which would make them 
great : and with fury seek for honour, 
in each other's destruction. 

6. They despise labour, and in- 
dustry, which would procure riches, 
and glory : and pant after wealth un- 
justly acquired, which will not abide 

with them, 

7. Their treasure and blood are 
poured forth, to destroy their neigh- 
bours; and to rob them of their pos- 
sessions; which, when acquired, profit 
not. 

8. This God permitted^ as a pu- 



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nishment for sin; and as a just reward 
for man's folly. 

9. And, in His Indignation and 
Wrath, He raiseth up mighty con- 
querors : and Biddeth them lay waste 
the kingdoms, which have abused His 
blessings : 

10. Where vice reigneth, instead 
of the Fear of God: and idleness, and 
foolish vanities ; instead of diligence, 
and the improvement of the mind. 

11. He maketh also Oppressors a 
Scourge unto their own souls : and let- 
teth them perish, in the very destruc- 
tion they have brought upon others. 

12. Thus the perverseness of men's 
own hearts, becomes the scourge of 
their folly : and by the very things 

Ver. 9 # Isaiah xxxvii. 26, 27. Jeremiah xxvii, 
6, 7, 8. 



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wherein they offend, they are also pu- 
nished. 

13. But assuredly it shall not always 
be thus : The Lord will prepare a King- 
dom for the righteous: 

14. Where the knowledge and fear 
of God shall make His People great: 
and where the faculties of the soul 
rightly exercised, shall cause them to 
Rejoice in the acquisition of true wis- 
dom. 

15. Where benevolence, and kind 
affections, shall produce universal Hap- 
piness: and where the Servants of the 
Lord shall seek and enjoy Glory, in 
promoting each other's welfare. 

16. Where every ingenious thought 

Ver. 12. Wisdom xi. 1 6. 
Ver. 13-. John xiv. 2. 
Ver, 15. Luke xy. 7. 10. 



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of the heart shall render the Creation 
of God more beautiful: and where, by 
a diligent employment of the faculties 
He giveth, His creatures shall receive 
Eternal Pleasure. 

17. Where all shall be obedient to 
the Powers ordained : and where those 
who shall Rule, shall seek only to pro- 
mote Universal Good. 

18. Where shall be Happy Con- 
verse, with the Spirits of just men made 
perfect : and where the humble soul 
shall be admitted to the society of the 
wisest Beings. 

19. Where the Everlasting God 
shall be worshipped, in perfect Holi- 
ness : and where the Soul shall be ra- 

Ver. 17. Romans xiii. 1. Matthew xx, 26 to 
29. Luke xxii. 26. 29. 

Ver. 13. Hebrews xii. 22, 23 . 



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vished, with the Contemplation of His 
Divine Perfections. 

20. But, O Lord, who shall inhabit 
in This Kingdom? Who shall be made 
partakers of this Everlasting Joy? 

21. The wicked, and unclean, shall 
not enter there : but those that obey 
Thy will on Earth. 

22. Those that continue in their 
perverseness, and folly of heart, can 
never inherit the Blessings of Eternal 
Life. 

23. Their own folly is the very 
scourge of their sin : and the evil 
thoughts of their hearts, are ever the 
flame that torments them. 

214. O Lord, have mercy upon me, 



Ver. 19. 1 Corinthians ii. 9. 
Ver. 20. Psalm xxiv. 3. 



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I pray thee : and redeem me from my 
wretched state. 

25. Grant me true repentance, that 
my heart may be purified: and over- 
come the perverse and evil inclinations 
thereof. 

26. Let my soul be sanctified, by 
thy Holy Spirit : and let my sins be 
forgiven, through the Satisfaction of 
Jesus my Saviour. 

27. And O let me, even me, enter 
finally into Thine everlasting kingdom : 
and let my soul taste the joys it longeth 
after. 

28. Let me, on earth, be exercised 
in striving to do Thy will : and when 
I depart hence, — O Lord, receive my 
spirit. 

Ver. 27. Psalm xlii. 1. 



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HYMN II. 

O Lord, deliver me in the day of thy 
Wrath; and save me from the destruc- 
tion that cometh upon the wicked. 

2. For. lo, I do know that Thy 
Judgments are sure; and that no Word 
of God shall fail. 

3. Hath the Lord spoken; and shall 
it not be performed? hath he threatened 
evil to sinners; and shall it not fall 
upon them? 

4. The Most High hath created all 
things for good: and in due time His 
Work shall be brought to perfection. 

Ver. 2. Matthew v. 18. 

Ver. 3. Numbers xxiii. \g. 

Ver. 4. Genesis i, 31. Revelations x. f. 



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5. Unrighteousness, and sin, are but 
for a season; until the servants of The 
Lord are tried, and found faithful; and 
are convinced of the unprofitableness 
and folly of transgression. 

6. For this cause, peradventure, the 
Lord permitteth evil; and sufifereth 
many to transgress: but He calleth all 
unto repentance; and oftereth Mercy 
unto all. 

7. And those who will not be con- 
vinced, but persist obstinately in sin; 
must taste of the bitterness of the 
Wrath of God. 

8. When, in His good time, He 
doth separate the righteous from the 

Ver. 5. Matthew xiil 30, 41. 
Ver. 6. 2 Peter iii. 9. 

Ver. 7. Romans i. IS. Ephesians .v. (5. Reve- 
lations say. 10. 



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wicked; then shall a dreadful destruc- 
tion overwhelm them. 

9. The heavens, and the earth, shall 
pass away : and God shall again renew 
all things : and t hen shall His Work be 
perfected. 

10. Then shall wisdom and righte- 
ousness abound. Then shall the King- 
dom of God truly come : and the Glory 
of the Most High be revealed. 

11. But alas! how shall we that 
have sinned enter therein! how shall 
those that have fallen in the day of 
trial, obtain mercy? 

12. Even through the Son of The 
Most High God; if we repent, and be- 
lieve in His Name. 

Ver. 8. Matthew xiii. 41, 42, 4Q, 50. 
Ver. 9. 2 Pet. iii.. 10. 13. Revelations xxi. 1. 
Ver. 12. Luke xxiv. 47. John iii. 15 5 xi. 25, 
26. Acts iiL 19. 



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1 3. When the Lord delivered Israel 
from the Bondage in Egypt, and slew 
all the first-born of the children of 
Ham; 

14. He sprinkled His Servants with 
the Blood of the Paschal Lamb that 
was slain; and appointed this as a 
Token and Memori al jfor ever. 

15. Even so, Lord, redeem my soul; 
and let me escape from the fury of the 
destroying Angel. 

16. Let me be found sprinkled with 
the Blood of Christ, through faith; 
Who was the very Lamb slain from 
the foundation of the w^orld. 

17. And when the Great Deliver- 

Ver. 14. Exodus xii. 14. 
Ver. 15. Exodus xii. 13. Hebrews xi. 28. 
Ver. \6. 1 Corinthians v. 7. Hebrews x. 10. 
1 Peter i. 19. Revelations v. Q. 9. 12, 



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ance of Thy Servants is accomplished, 
whereof the wonders in Egypt were a 
sign, may I be found amongst them, 
to glorify Thy Holy Name ! 



HYMN III. 

O Lord, Who shall worthily Praise 
Thee, Most High, or Magnify Thy 
Holy Name? 

2. Behold, my soul hath desired to 
do so; but I cannot attain unto it. 

3. How shall I come before The 
Lord? or appear before The Most High 
God? 

4. Shall I say unto The Lord, Thou 
art Great, Wonderful, and Holy: I will 

Ver. I/. Luke xxii. 15, 16. 
Ver. 1. Psalm cxvi. 4. 



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give great thanks and praise unto 
Thee! 

5. Alas! these are but idle words: 
unless I know, and consider indeed, 
wherein God is Holy, and Good. 

6. They are as a sacrifice of bulls, 
and goats : and not the spiritual sacri- 
fice of a reasonable soul. 

7. None can truly praise God, but 
such as do indeed comprehend his 
Goodness : and who, amongst the sons 
of men, is able to do this? 

8. Yet, O Lord, my soul shall not 
despair; but shall strive to worship in 
spirit, and in truth. 

9. Oh, let my imperfect prayers and 
adoration be accepted, through Him 
Who hath fulfilled all righteousness. 

10. And now will I sing, unto The 



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Lord, a New Song: and praise His 
Faithfulness and Truth. 

11. I will declare His Gracious 
Dealings with the sons of men; and 
the Hope that He hath set before us. 

12. Before the foundations of the 
World were laid, or ever the breath of 
life was given unto man, The Lord ap- 
pointed the Way of Salvation, and de- 
termined all things to w r ork for good. 

13. And albeit the perverseness of 
man's heart, in this state of Trial, 
causeth much evil: yet, even out of 
evil, hath The Lord brought forth that 
which is profitable to the sons of men. 

Ven 10. Ecclesiasticus xxxix, 14, 15. Tsaiahxlii, 
10, 11, 12. 

Ver. 12. Matthew xxv. 34. Ephesians i. 4. 
1 Peter L, 20. Revelations xvii, 8. 



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14. Let us consider the days that 
were of old; and the ages that are 
past: wherein mighty Conquerors were 
raised up, who spread desolation all 
around. 

15. They subdued great Kingdoms; 
and oppressed the people : and bound 
their Princes in chains, and their No- 
bles in fetters of brass. 

16. They caused every pleasant 
Land to flow with blood : and bitterly 
afflicted the fatherless, and the widow. 

17. And it pleased God to permit 
their rage, for a season: and to try the 
purposes of their hearts. 

18. And when They sought only to 
gratify their vain ambition; and proudly 
to rule over the earth; He rebuked them 

Ver. 14. Isaiah xiii. 4 ; xxxvii. 20, 2f. 
Ver, 17, Jeremiah xxvii. 8, 



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in His anger, and turned them unto 
the dust, from whence they were 
taken. 

19. He caused the purposes of their 
hearts to fail; and disappointed them, 
in that which they had proudly ima- 
gined. 

20. But the purpose of God stood 
fast: and what they were permitted to 
^o, was made subservient unto it. 

21. By their conquests, a way was 
opened for the improvement of man- 
kind: and the nations were recovered 
from savage barbarity. 

22. The arts, and conveniencies of 
life, were rendered more common : and 
a way was prepared to diffuse know- 
ledge, from pole to pole, 

Ver. 18. Isaiah x. 7 to 165 xiv. 13 to 20. 
Ver. 20. Isaiah xxxvii. 26. Acts iv. 28. 



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23. And when a fierce and rude 
people were permitted to bring de- 
struction, on those who abused the 
advantages they enjoyed; they have 
themselves been subdued by know- 
ledge ; and enlightened. 

24. Thus, even amidst the rage and 
fury of mighty Conquerors, hath the 
Power and Goodness of God been made 
manifest: wonderouslyhath it appeared 
also, amidst all Changes on the face of 
the Earth. 

25. Mighty Nations have arisen, 
and flourished: and again have been 
brought to desolation. 

26. They have been removed out 
of their place, and done away, because 
of their transgressions; and their glory 
hath been given unto other people. 

27. But hereby, also, the Comforts 

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of Life have been spread more far and 
wide: and the Inhabitants of the re- 
moter parts of the Earth, have been 
called to partake of greater bless- 
ings. 

28. Those who lived in ignorance, 
and thick darkness, have been en- 
lightened : and the barbarians, who had 
their dwelling with the wild beasts of 
the forest, have become the teachers of 
useful arts. 

29. How did science rear her head 
in Egypt! and how mighty were the 
Children of Ham! 

30. But, behold, their Wisdom is 
no more : and a thick cloud hath co- 
vered them. 

31. The Wisdom of the East, also, 
is no more : and their wise men are 
forgotten. How is the glory of Ba- 



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by Ion fallen; and the knowledge of its 
Princes buried in its ruins ! 

32. In Greece, and in the Isles, was 
much Learning : and their Teachers 
sought wisdom, from the uttermost 
parts of the earth. 

33. But darkness and oppression 
now cover the Land; and it profiteth 
not by their labours. 

34. Then arose Rome in all its splen- 
dour : and became the Glory of the 
whole earth. 

35. The Seat of Science; — The Mis- 
tress of the World; — The proud Scourge 
of Princes; — and the Enlightener of 
barbarous nations. 

36. All These, in their days, came 
forth to Rule: and through their means 
Science darted its beams from the East 
unto the West. 



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37. And, behold, as it advanced it 
appeared more glorious ; and mankind 
were enlightened more and more by its 
shining. 

38. The removal of its Seat hath 
been profitable to the World: and 
thereby the influence of Wisdom hath 
been diffused far around. 

39- Oh, compare these days, with 
those that are past : and consider how 
gracious God hath been. 

40. Let not ignorance and folly 
cause us to admire the darkness of an- 
cient times : but let us give glory to 
God, for the knowledge and arts that 
are now spread over the earth. 

41. They shall increase mare and 
more daily : and God shall be glorified 
therein. 

42. They are, for a time, abused 



[65 

through vice : but shall at length, per- 
adventure, be both known to all, and 
rightly improved. 

43. And the Nations that sit in 
darkness, and are fallen from their first 
estate, shall, haply, again see light, 
when God restoreth His people. 

44. Surely I do know, that God 
will fulfil all His Good Pleasure ; and 
accomplish the work He hath begun. 

45. By the Revelation of His Word 
is True Wisdom spread over the earth : 
and the sons of men acquire Knowledge 
by the Light of His Gospel 

46. Truly, Christ hath been a Light 
to lighten the Gentiles, and the Glory 
of the whole earth. 

Ver. 43. Isaiah xix. 25; xlix. 8: liv. 3. Jere- 
miah xlviii. 4J: xlix. 6, 3Q. Ezekiel xvi. 53 to 62, 
Ver, 46. Isaiah xlii. 6; xlix. 6, 



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47. And though the perverseness 
of men's hearts hath abused this glo- 
rious blessing: yet how hath it insen- 
sibly prevailed ! 

48. Oh, let us think of the comfort 
and peace we now enjoy; and of the 
savage fury that heretofore raged in 
the world. 

4y. How is that fury abated; though 
it still in part prevails ! Surely, also, 
peace shall at length have universal 
dominion. 

50. The Word of God cannot fail. 
God will fulfil all that He hath spoken 
by his Servants the Prophets. 

51. The Lord, in His good time, 
will make all wars to cease : and will 

Ver. 49. Luke ii. 14. 

Ver. 50. Isaiah xlix. 23. Zechariah viii. Q. 
Amos iii. 8. 



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still all the rage, and madness of the 
people. 

52. And though, for a time, super- 
stition and blind zeal reign ; — and, for 
a time, wandering error, and unbelief: 

53. Yet, the Word of God is sure; 
and the Powers of Hell shall not pre- 
Tail beyond their appointed season. 

54. The Knowledge of the Lord 
shall cover the earth, as the waters 
cover the sea. 

55. Universal Benevolence shall 
abound : and the Nations shall seek 
each other's welfare; more than they 
have sought each other's destruction. 

56. And God shall restore His 

Vei\51. Isaiah ii. 4. Micah ftr. 3, 4. 
Ver. 54, Isaiah xi. 9. Daniel xii, 4. Joel IL 
28, Habakkuk ii, 14. Hebrews viii. 1 1 . 
Ver. 55, Isaiah ii. 4, 



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People to their own Land: and their 
Rest shall be glorious : and all Nations 
shall rejoice in it. 

57. The Land which is now op- 
pressed; and lieth desolate, and barren; 
shall become fruitful : and its Beauty 
shall be the admiration of all men. 

58. And it shall no longer be trod- 
den down by the Gentiks : for the 
times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled. 

-59. Blessed are those, who shall 
live, when these things be : They shall 
indeed give Glory to God, for His 
Faithfulness and Truth. 

Ver. 56, 57. See the two long notes at the end 
of this Hymn, p. l6Q — 178. 

Ver.58. Psalmlxxxvii.2. Danielxii.7. Lukexxi. 
24. Romans xi. 25. 

Ver. 59. Psalm xxii. 32. Psalm cii. 18. Da- 
niel xii. 12. Isaiah Ixi. 11. Isaiah xlix. 23. Jere- 
miah xxx. 24. Hosea xiv. 9. 



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NOTE TO VERSE 56. 

The following Passages of Scripture,, contain 
very remarkable Declarations of the Great Blessings, 
designed by Divine Providence, to be bestowed on 
the Jewish Nation, after all their sufferings are 
ended ; and when they shall be gathered from that 
great Dispersion, which was also most plainly fore- 
told. — In these Passages of Holy Writ, we find it 
repeatedly proclaimed, that the Almighty will finally 
fulfil all His Promises to that unhappy people : 
They therefore deserve our most serious attention, 
on many accounts. It is probable indeed, that 
some few of the Prophecies here referred to did 
relate, primarily, to the first Restoration of the 
Jews, from their Captivity at Babylon ; but there 
are many of them which could not possibly relate 
to that event; and all of them have plainly, a se- 
condary, a further, and a much more import- 
ant meaning, — On this occasion, therefore, we 
ought to remember, and to consider well the full 
force of those Words of our Blessed Saviour, in 
which he hath told us (Matt. v. 1J , IS), " Think 
t( not that I am come to destroy the law or the 
€< prophets : I am not come to -destroy, but to 



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" fulfiL For verily I say unto you,- till heaven and 
*' earth pass, one iota or one tit lie shall in no wise 
€c pass from the law, till all he fulfilled. >f 



Isaiah. + J, 



Jeremiah 



yxxx. Itoll. 


Ezekiel vi. 9, 10. 


. ii, 2 to 5. 




xi. 16 to 20. 


xi. 11, 12, 




xx. 40 to 45. 


xiv. l, 2. 




xxviii. 25, 26. 


xxv. 6 to g. 




xxxiv, 12 to 1 6. 


xliii. 5, 6. 




23 to 28. 


xliv. 26. 




xxxv. 14. 


xlv. 17. 




xxxvi. 8 to 15, 


xlix.l.3to23. 




21 to 25, 


lii r 1 to 10. 




28. 


Hv. 7 to 15. 




34, 35. 


Iv; 5 to 8. 




xxxvii. 12 to 14 


Ix. 2 to 1 8. 




21 to 28. 


lxi. 4 to 9, 




xxxix. 25 to 29 


Ixii. 4, 


Hosea 


i. 10, 11. 


Ixvi. 20. 




iii. 4, 5, 


fit 17. 




vi. J, 2, 3. 


xvi. 14, 15. 




viii, 10. 


xxiii. 3 to Q, 


Joel . . 


.iii. 1, 16, 17- 


xxx.l8to24. 


Amos 


ix. 14, 15. 


xxxi. 8 to 14. 


Micah 


iv. 1 to 5. 


28to34. 




iv. 7 to 8. 


xlvi. 27, 28. 




vii. J p, 20. 



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Zephaniah iii, 14 to 20. 
Zechariah ii. 10 to 13. 

viii. 2 to 15. 
20, 22. 

x. 8, 9. 

xii. 6 to 14. 



Zechariah xiv. ] 1. 
Tobit . . .xiv. 5, 6, 7. 
Baruch iv. 36, 37. 

v. 3 to 9. 
Romans xi. 
2 Corinthians iii. 1 6. 



NOTE TO VERSE 5;. 

It has been an objection erroneously urged against 
the Truth of Divine Writ, that the Land of Judea is 
therein represented as being so exceedingly fertile ; 
whereas it is in reality now so barren. But those 
who advanced this objection, surely did not consider, 
that this very circumstance is one of the strongest 
proofs of the Veracity of God's Word ; and a clear 
manifestation of the exact Completion of those won- 
derful Predictions of His Servants the Prophets, 
which were uttered so many ages ago. — And truly 
it may be -added, that the persons who have thus 
endeavoured to overturn the authority of Holy Writ, 
seem not to have been much better acquainted either 
with Natural history, or Civil history, than they 
were with the Scriptures : for if they had, they 
might have found proof sufficient, that Judea, not- 
withstanding its present deplorable state of bar- 
renness, not only was once capable of being as 
plentiful a Land, as it is said in the Bible to hare 



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been \ but may, even by the common exertions ot 
human industry, become most fertile again. The 
ignorance and indolence of the present inhabitants, 
and the slavish system of government which they 
groan under, together with the tyranny they help to 
maintain over others, is (to use the language of 
Scripture) the Desolation of the Gentiles, by whom 
Jerusalem is trodden down ; and which shall cause 
the land to lav waste, till their times are fulfilled , 
and their dominion ceases. 

Let us only, with candour, attend to what seve- 
ral modem Travellers have observed: and we shall 
soon perceive to what causes the present wretched 
appearance of the Holy Land is to be attributed. 

Sandys (in his Travels, p. 183) speaking of the 
Mountains of Judaea, says, " some of them are cut 
(or else are naturally ? 3 1 in degrees like alleys, which 
would be else unaccessibiy fruitless j whose levels 
yet bear the stumps oi decayed vines, shadowed not 
rarely with olives, and locust-trees ; and surely, I 
think, that ail, or most of those mountains, have 
been so husbanded, ' 

Maundrel also, in Lis Travels, bears the like tes- 
timony: — Speaking of the naked mountains of Ju- 
dea. he says - p. 65), i( It is obvious far any one to 
ve, that tl ks, and hills, must have been 

anciently covered with earth, and cultivated, and 
made to contribute to the maintenance Gt the inha- 



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bitants, no less than if the Country had been all 
plain ; nay perhaps much more. For the husband- 
ing of these mountains their manner was, to gather 
up the stones, and place them in several lines along 
the sides of the hills, in form of a wall. By such bor- 
ders they supported the mould from tumbling, or 
being washed down, and formed many beds of excel ■ 
lent soil, rising gradually one above another, from the 
bottom to the top of the mountains. Of this form 
of culture you see evident footsteps wherever you 
go in all the mountains of Palestine. 1 ' Thus the 
very Rocks were made fruitful and than the plains 
nothing can be more so. 

Dr. Shaw observes, in his Travels (p. 336), 
" that The Holy Land, were it well inhabited, and 
cultivated as formerly, would still be more fruitful 
than the very best part of the coast of Syria or Phoe- 
nice, for the soil itself is generally much richer." 
And he adds, s< the barrenness, or scarcity rather, 
which some authors may either ignorantly or mali- 
ciously complain of, does not proceed from the in- 
capacity, or natural unfruitfulness of the Country, 
but from the want of inhabitants, and from the 
great aversion, likewise there is to labour and in- 
dustry in those few w r ho possess it." 

Van Egmont, and Heyman also confirm the 
same idea 5 and tell us (V. I. p. 328), " they saw 
g©od barley, and grain, actually growing on the 



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summits of the mountains, and between the rocks, 
where any culture or tillage had been bestowed." 

And Hasselquist says (p. 127) concerning this 
Country, " The Vales, like the Hills, are not fruit- 
ful, but deserted and uncultivated, being full of peb- 
bles, and without vegetables; nevertheless, the earth 
consists of a good red mould, and would amply re- 
ward the husbandman's toil/' 

To which I will add only one testimony more,, 
that of Mr. Burnaby, who, in his Travels in Ame- 
rica (p. 58) speaking of the nature of some parts of 
the soil of that Country (and comparing it with the 
Soil of Judaea) says, " he was assured by Wortley 
Montague, that the soil of Palestine appeared to be 
a red slaty substance, sterile, and incapable of pro- 
ducing any thing worth cultivation ; but that being 
broken up, and exposed to the air, it became ex- 
ceedingly mellow, and was fertile in the highest 
degree." 

Nor is this sort of Cultivation here spoken of at 
all unusual ; for Heyman says (in his Travels, p. 2(5 1), 
" that in the island of Scio the Hills and Vallies are 
covered with vineyards, and gardens, which exhibit 
a sufficient proof of the happiness resulting from 
human industry, under a rational liberty ; having 
here turned rocks, and desarts, into a terrestrial Pa- 
radise." And Mr. Armstrong, in his History of 
Minorca (p. 130) tells us, " that there are, in that 



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Island, Stone Walls that have probably stood many 
ages, run across the sides of the hills to detain the 
soil ; and such hills yield good crops to the very 
Summits, which must otherwise have had their 
rocky entrails laid bare, as is visible wherever this 
caution has been neglected/' So Osbeck tells us in 
his Voyage to China (V. II. p. 200), " that die na- 
tural situation of the hills, and of the declivir 
that Countrv, would make them incapable of pro- 
ducing any thing; but that to prevent these incon- 
veniences, the Chinese endeavoured to reduce the 
hills into plains, or at least to make them sin:/ 
plains, by terraces, whose height and breadth are 
adapted to the declivity. These Terraces they em- 
ploy for several sorts of plants, and to each they 
give such a situation as best corresponds with its 
ture. The Terraces are sometimes four or rive feet 
e one another, and acquire such hard and solid 
s , by rain and sunshine, that they are capable 
of standing for many years." Le Comte in his ac- 
count of China (p. gi) also mentions the same 
of Cultivation. 

This method is also adopted in some ports 
Switzerland: for Dr. Moore (in his View of Ma:> 
8rc, V. I. p. 312) tells us, " that the Country, 
between Lausane and Vevay, is rendered fertile pre- 
f in this manner, The mountains being 

he Summits, and covered with Vines: this 



176 

would have been impracticable on account of the 
steepness, had not the proprietors built strong stone 
walls, at proper intervals, one above the other, 
which support the soil, and form little terraces from 
the bottom to the top of the mountains. The Pea- 
sants ascend by narrow stairs, and before they arrive 
at the ground they are to cultivate, have frequently 
to mount higher than a Mason who is employed in 
repairing the top of a Steeple." 

• A Country naturally fertile in many of its plains, 
and having its hills thus adorned with hanging gar- 
dens, must appear inconceivably beautiful : and such 
Judea once was ; and may, by human industry, be- 
come again. 

How capable also this country is of having a 
more universal intercourse, than any other , with all 
parts of the earth, is most remarkable j and deserves 
well to be considered, when w r e read the numerous 
Prophesies which speak of its future Splendour, and- 
Greatness, when its people shall at length be ga- 
thered from all parts of the earth unto which they 
are scattered, and be restored to their own Land. — ■ 
There is no Region in the World to which an ac- 
cess from, all parts is so open. By means of the 
Black Sea, and the Mediterranean, there is an easy 
approach from all parts of Europe, from a great part 
of Africa, and from America. — By means of the 
Red Sea, and the Persian Gulph, and the well- 



177 

known Roads from thence, there is an approach 
from the rest of Africa, from the East Indies, and 
from the Isles (which are perhaps the very Isles 
spoken of ultimately by the Royal Prophet, when 
he says, The Kings of Tars his h and of the Isles 
shall bring Presents) j and lastly, by means of the 
Caspian, The Lake (or Sea) of Bay kail, and the 
near Communication of many great Rivers*, the 
approach is facilitated from all the Northern parts of 
Tartary. — In short, if a skilful Geographer were to 
sit down to devise the fittest spot on the Globe for 
Universal Empire ; or rather, a Spot where all the 
Great Intercourses of human life should universally 
centre $ and from whence die extended effects of 
universal benevolence and good-will should flow to 
all parts of the Earth; and where universal and 
united Homage should be paid, with one consent, 
to The Most High 3 he could not find another so 
well suited, in all circumstances, as that which is 
with emphasis called The Holy Land. 

These Observations perhaps may not deserve 
great weight, but they ought not to be wholly neg- 
lected -, especially when it is considered, how many- 
passages, of Scripture there are, which plainly. de- 
clare, that the time shall at length come, when 

* See Bell's T.avels. 
N 



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Zion shall be the Joy of the whole Earth. An 
Event which cannot be effected (as the Crusaders 
vainly imagined) by man's will or- device: but when- 
ever it is accomplished, must be solely the Work of 
God's over-ruling Providence, bringing to pass, in 
His own good time, and manner, those great events, 
of all kinds, whatever they be, which he has, with 
infinite Wisdom, purposed, and designed, for Uni- 
versal Good. 

Since my first writing this Xote, and publishing 
it in the first edition of this Work, many strong 
confirmations of all these ideas have occurred to pae : 
and I cannot but venture now to submit it to the 
consideration of the serious, that from what is said 
in the 12th Chapter of Zechariah's Prophecy (from 
verse (5 to 14) it should seem, as if the Restoration 
of the Jew r s should be effected before their Conver- 
sion. For it is there declared, that the mourning, 
which is to be the beginning of their conversion, 
shall take place at Jerusalem • and it cannot take 
place there, unless they be first restored, and con- 
veyed thither. — It is also remarkable, that not all 
the tribes are named, but such families only as might 
be- probably the first restored: before the rest. 



m 



HYMN IV. 

Thou, O Lord, art the Source of all 
Wisdom, and Knowledge : and there is 
no Understanding, but of Thee. 

2. Thou inspires! the mind of man 
with the knowledge of useful arts : 
and, in due season, givest Invention to 
the sons of men. 

3. For, behold, whatsoever useful 
thing is known under the Sun, it is 
Thou, O Lord, Who hast revealed it. 

4. What is wisdom in the mind of 
man; and the faculty of discovering 

Ver. 1. Job xxviii. 20. 23. Proveros ii. 6. Eo 
clesiastes ii. 26. Daniel ii. 21. 

Ver. 2. Exodus xxxv. 31. 34, 35 ; xxxvi. 1. Da- 
niel i. 17. Ecclesiasticus xxxix. 16, 1/. 

Ver. 3. Daniel ii. 21, 22, 23, 1 Corinthians iv. 
7. 1 -Corinthians xii. 11. 



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the hidden treasures of knowledge; but 
the Inspiration of Thy Blessed Spirit, 
and the Revelation of Thy wondrous 
works to men? 

5. And Thou, O Lord, unfoldest 
the knowledge of Thy wondrous works, 
at due seasons; even at such as Thy 
Wisdom seest fittest for the purposes 
of Thy Providence. 

6. Surely there is Wisdom with 
God. Surely there is most wondrous 
Design in the Ways of the Most 
Highest; and in His Dealings with the 
Sons of men. 

7. Why could not our Fathers per- 
ceive those Truths, which are made 

Ver. 4. Ecclesiasticus i. 10, 1Q. Wisdom vi. 16. 
Wisdom vii. 27. 1 Corinthians xii. 4 to 1 2. James i. 

17. 

Ver. 5. Ecclesiastesiii.l. Acts i. 7. Actsxvii. 26, 



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known unto us? Why could not they 
profit by those Arts, which have since 
been so quickly attained? 

8. Why knew they not the power 
of the Loadstone? — Why could not 
they devise the art of Printing? — Why 
saw not thev the remote Kino-doms of 
the World? 

9. Even because it was not the Will 
of God, to reveal these things, till it 
should be found a due time. 

10. And surely those who shall be 
after these days, shall behold more, 

Ver. S. It appears, from the Writings of Seneca, 
and others, that the Ancients knew all the proper- 
ties of the Loadstone, except its Polarity : and from 
the Dies and Stamps still extant in the British Mu- 
seum,, it is manifest, that the Romans could stamp 
entire words: so near were they to the discovery ot 
these two great Invent* 

Ver. 9. Luke x, 24 



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and better things; until all shall be 
perfected, according to the Will of the 
Most High. 

1 1 . Yet, alas, my heart is grieved, be- 
cause of sin : and because the good things 
of God are corrupted by a wicked mind. 

12. For unless Virtue and Religion 
prevail in the Soul; increase of know- 
ledge, and abundance of arts, do but 
render men more desperately wicked. 

13. Yet assuredly it shall not al- 
ways be thus. The raging of sin shall 
cease : and its power shall fade away. 

14. Christ shall utterly destroy the 
captivity of sin. He hath bruised the 
serpent's head : and its deadly wound 
shall not be healed. 

Ver. 10. Isaiah xi. g-, Ix. Acts Hi. lg. 21. 
Ver. 14. Genesis iii. 15. 1 Corinthians xv. 25. 
Hebrews ii. 14. 1 John iii. 8. Revelations xi. IS. 



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15. Man shall escape from the ve- 
nom of the Destroyer; and from the 
cruel bondage of iniquity: and, by de- 
grees, all sin shall be done away. 

16. For behold Christ hath suffered, 
and is ascended up on high. He hath 
led captivity captive ; and received gifts 
for men; yea -even for His enemies; 
that the Lord God might dwell among 
them. 

17. He hath received Pardon for 
transgressors; and the Holy Spirit of 
God, to be shed forth on His Servants, 
and to enlighten the souls of men. 

1 8. And thereby shall His Redeemed 



Ver. 15. Hebrews ix. 26. 

Ver. 16. Psalm lxviii. 18. Ephesians iv. 8. He- 
brews ix. 28. 

Ver. 17. John xvi. 7. 13. Ephesians i. 18. He- 
brews ix. 12. 



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be purified, and rendered holy; and be 
restored unto their Maker; and they 
shall live in his presence : 

19. But the Service of God is per- 
fect freedom) and those who obey, must 
do it with a willing mind. 

20. Therefore doth the Lord wait 
with patience : and forbeareth with 
mercy ; and appointeth this state of 
trial. 

21. And herein are the Souls o£ 
men searched, and approved; and their 
Lot is determined; even such as shall 
be found fittest for them : 

22. And, in the World to come, 

Yen 13. I Thessalonians iv. 17. Hebrews xii. 
22. 24. 1 Peter iii. IS. 1 John i. 7; hi. 3. Jude 24. 
Revelations v. 9. 

Ver. IQ. Lukexvi. 13, James i. 25. 1 John iv, 
XI, 18. 

Ver. 21. Daniel xii. 13. Lukexvi. 10, II, 12. 



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they shall stand therein with joy : each 
one in such station, as may best enable 
him to do good. 

Ver. 22. Matthew xxiv. 47 j xxv. 21 to 23. 
Luke xix. Y]> IS, 10. John xii. 20. Wisdom hi. 
§i 7 > S. — The hrst and most obvious Idea of a Judg- 
ment to come j which is so solemnly, and so fre- 
quently foretold in Holy Scripmre is, that it consists 
in punishing and rewarding. But another still 
more refined Idea of it, equally warranted by many 
passages in the Word of God, is ; that it also con- 
sists in discerning and separating ; and in placing 
every human soul, capable of Bliss, in some parti- 
cular, useful, and glorious Lot: for which Lot, 
after having passed through a state of trial here in 
the present world, it shall at last be found of all 
others, 7;; ; and in which Lot it may also be 

sped a means of producing the most good pos- 
to the whole. For such precise Lot, every 
human being, who hath any the Least disposition to 
what is right and good:, will perhaps be found ulti- 
mately to have been even originally created, by 
The Great Creator, only (as being a rree agent), 
and with the possibility of felling from it, he is, for 
a time, placed here on earth : perhaps to convince 



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25. Behold, in that hour, all the 
Servants of The Lord shall rejoice; and 
shall know that they have not been 
created in vain. 

24. Then shall the Work of God be 
perfected; and His Creation appear 
most Holy and Beautiful. 

25. Lo now The Whole Creation 
groaneth, and travaileth in pain; waiting 
for the manifestation of the Sons of God. 

liim both of his danger, and of the possibility of 
error. And as on earth all do err, and become sin- 
ful; the blessed Good News of the Gospel consists 
in proclaiming, that Christ, the Redeemer, will 
deliver, and restore the souls of the sincere, and of 
all who will with true repentance seek His Help. 

This whole idea appears to be particularly con- 
firmed by the remarkable words of promise, found 
at the end of Daniel's Prophecy, chap. xii. 13 5 and 
also by Ecclesiastieus x. 4/5 — 24; and Psalm civ. 
30,31. 

Ver. 23. Matthew xiii. 43. Luke xxi. 2S. 

Ver. 25. Romans viii. 19. 22. 



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26. But Christ shall be the Author 
of All Perfection; and the Restorer, 
and Finisher of all things. 

27. Behold, His Fan is in His hand; 
and He will thoroughly purge His 
floor, and burn up the chaff with un- 
quenchable fire. 

28. He will finally separate the 
good from the evil: and Redeem unto 
Himself a Peculiar People, .zealous of 
good works. 

29. And their zeal shall not be m 
in vain: for they shall be filled with 
righteousness ; and do the whole will 
of God. 

Ver. 26. Daniel ix. 24. John xiv. 2. Acts iii. 
21 . Hebrews x. 1 2, J 3, 1 4. Revelations xxii. 5, 6. 

Ver. 27. Matthew iii. 12. 

Ver. 28. Matthew xiii. 24 to 31 5 xiii. 47 to 4<J. 
Titus ii. 14. 

Ver. 29. Matthew v. 6; xxv, 29, 



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30. O Lord, let my soul be found 
amidst Thy servants in that day : and. 
though I have sinned greatly, yet even 
for me, let there be opened a door of 
Salvation. 

31. I have sinned against Heaven, 
and in Thy Sight, and am no more 
worthy to be called Thy son; but, Oh, 
make me to see light, through the 
Power of the Redeemer. 

32. And now, O Lord, may the 
Coming of Thy Kingdom, even on 
earth, be hastened : and, even here, may 
Thy servants have power to do good. 

33. Oh, quicken the Souls of the 
Children of Men: raise up good men 
to instruct those around them : and 
give success unto their labours. 

Ver. 31. Matthew iv. 16. Luke xv. 18. John I, 
g x \iii. 12 ; xii. 36. 45. 1 Peter ii. 0. 



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34. May their harvest be great on 
earth : and may they have power to do 
Thy Will. 

35. And prosper Thou, O Lord, 
their labour and work: and give them 
the Reward that Thv Servants have. 



HYMN V. 



I shall see Him; — but not now: — I 
shall behold Him ; — but not nigh. 

2. A Light shall arise out of Sion: 
and Glory from the Land of Israel. 

3. For, Lo, The Lord our Saviour 

Ver. a4. Matthew ix. 38. 

Ver. 35. Psalm xc. IJ, Hebrews xi. 6. Ti- 
mothy iv. 8. 

Ver. 1. Numbers xxiv. 17. Revelations i. 7- 

Ver. 2. Isaiah ix. 2: xlix. 6: Ix. 2 to 6; lix. 
10. Matthew iv. l6, Luke ii, 32. 



1 



shall descend from Heaven ; and shall 
plant His Tabernacle with the sons of 
men. 

4. And He shall call the righteous 
fwm their graves; and His faithful 

Servants, that they may behold His 
glory. 

5. In Him shall all the Nations of 
the Earth be blessed: and the Mighty 
Work of God shall be perfected. 

6. There shall be peace upon earth, 
and abundant Good-Will towards men; 

Ver. 3. Zechariah xiv. A, 5, Q. Acts i. 1 1 . Re- 
velations xxi. 3. 

Ver. 4. Isaiah xxiv. 23 ; Iii. 13. John v. 28, 
29. John xvii. 24. 1 Corinthians xv. 23. Colos- 
sians- iii. 4. 1 Thessalonians h. 19. 1 Thessalo- 
nians iii. 13; iv. 13, 14. 2 Thessalonians i. 10. 
1 Peter v. 1 . Jude 14. Revelations xx. 4. Psalm 1. iv. 

Ver. 5. Genesis xii. 3; xviii. 18$' xxviii. 14. 
Isaiah xlv. 18, 19. 22 to 25. Acts iii. 25. Gala- 
tians iii. 8. 



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and an Increase of Knowledge, that 
shall shine forth unto Eternity. 

7. And the Kingdoms of this World, 
shall become the Kingdoms of The 
Lord, and of His Christ; and He sha]^ 
Reign for ever and ever. 

8. In the hope hereof, O Lord, let 
my soul depart in peace : and may I be 
numbered with Thv Servants, in the 
Last Day. 

9. But, alas! Who shall be found 
worthy to behold the Salvation of God; 
or to stand before Him, in the Time of 
His Visitation? 

Ver. 6. Psalm lxxii. 7- Isaiah ii. 4 5 xL 5 to 
10; liv. 13. Micah iv. 3. Luke ii. 14. 

Ver./. Psalm U. 8; xxii,27; Lxxii. 11. Da- 
niel vii. 14. 2/. Revelations xi. 15. 

Ver, 8. Luke ii. 29, 32. 

Ver. 9. Isaiah x. 3. Psalm xv. 1. 1 Peter ii 12, 



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10. Shall I speak peace unto the 
Generations that be now upon earth? — - 
or shall the Salvation of The Lord 
come in their days? 

11. Known unto God are all His 
Works : and He will order all things, 
in their due Season. 

12. But His Wrath hath He re- 
vealed against all ungodliness, and un- 
righteousness of men: and assuredly, 
unless they repent, His judgments shall 
fall upon them. 

13. Surely, also, those who have 
abused the greatest blessings, shall re- 
ceive the greatest condemnation. 

14. Did the Lord spare His chosen 
people Israel? or did He spare the Na- 

Ver. 11. Acts i. 7; xv. 18. Acts xvii. 26. Ro- 
mans xi. 34. 36. Galatians iv. 4. 
Ver. 12. Romans I 1&. 



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tions who received the first lights of 
the Gospel? 

15. Behold His People are scattered 
into all Countries : and darkness and op- 
pression have overwhelmed the Lands, 
which first heard the Word of God. 

16. Asia, and Judea, are trodden 
down by the Gentiles; and have long 
lain waste. 

17. And shall God spare the Na- 
tions of the West, if they still refuse to 
turn unto Him? 

18. Alas! shall not His Sore Judg- 
ments fall on those, who most per- 

Ver. 14. Deuteronomy xxix. Revelations ii. 5. 
7. Revelations ii. \6, 17 j ii. 22, 23 ; in. id. 

Ver. 15. Isaiah lx. 2. Ezekiel xii. 15; xx. 23. 

Ver. 16. Asia Minor. Luke xxi. 24. 

Ver. 17. Jeremiah xxv. 295 xlvi. 28. Ro- 
mans xi. 21, 

O 



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vcrsely reject the Light of His Gos- 
pel? 

19. They shall, perad venture, be 
instruments in the hand of God, to ac- 
complish His Mighty Work; but they 
shall perish without hope. 

20. And, unless they turn and re- 
pent, shall neither in this world, nor in 
the next, partake of the Salvation of 
The Lord. 

21. But the Sword, and Pining 
Sickness, and Sore Trouble, shall over- 
whelm them : and their memorial shall 
perish for ever. 

22. Save, O Lord, Thy servants, 
who call upon Thee. Deliver them 
from the Evil to come ; and mightily 
Convert the souls of men. 

23. Oh, let the future generations^ 
praise Thee, and live in Thy Fear. And 



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do Thou away the evil, that is upon the 
earth. 



HYMN VI. 

Turn us now, O God, our Saviour, and 
let thine Anger cease from us. 

2. Oh, spare us yet unto repent- 
ance : for, if Thy word goeth forth 
against us, we shall be consumed as in 
a moment. 

3. Oh, that there might be found, 
amongst this People, a contrite spirit; 
and an heart to lament, and forsake 
their misdoings. 

4. For with Thee there is Great 

Ver. 23. 1 Chronicles xxi. 8. 



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Mercy : Thou, Lord, knowest our in- 
firmities; and rememberest whereof we 
are made ; and considerest, that we are 
but dust. 

5. Alas! from the Greatest, even 
unto the Least, we have grievously of- 
fended. Our transgressions have been 
multiplied, in the days of Thy mercy. 

6. When the Light of Thy Gospel 
hath shined upon us, we have scorned 
it: and have trampled Thy Word under 
our feet 

7. When Thou hadst delivered us 
from the hands of our enemies and op- 
pressors ; and hadst given us both civil 
and religious freedom; we have be- 
come unmindful of Thy Goodness, and 
have perverted Thy Blessings. 

8. And whereas Thou hast given 
us Great Honour, in the presence of 



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the Nations around us; and Power 
over remote people, who sit in dark- 
ness; 

9. We have not profited them, by 
the Preaching of Thy Word, or the 
Example of Righteousness; but have 
oppressed them, and been a snare unto 
them. 

10. And we have even caused them 
to abhor Thy Word, because of our ini- 
quities, and unrighteous dealings; and 
have given occasion to the blasphemers 
to blaspheme. 

11. When thou hast fed us to the 
full, and given us great riches : we 
have forgotten Thee, The Source of all 
good; and have wasted Thy Gifts in 
riot and excess. 

12. Our Great men, are abhorrers 
and despisers of Thy Word; — proud 



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boasters of their iniquities; — and they 
greedily seek for gain. 

13. They regard not the welfare of 
the people ; but the fulfilling of their 
own lusts: and they flee from know- 
ledge, as an evil thing. 

14. Our poor men are abandoned, 
and desperate in sin ; they love vio- 
lence, and wrong; and blaspheme Thine 
Holy Name day by day. 

15. And we are all given unto va- 
nity, and folly; suffering ourselves to 
be deceived by iniquity; and walking 
in the paths that lead to death. 

16. Yet Thou, O Lord, searches t 
all hearts; and Thou knowest, amidst 
the sons of men, those that fear Thee. 

17. Thou art able to turn the 

Ver. 15. Ecclesiasticus xlvii. 24, 25. 
Ver. 16. 1 Kin^s xix. 18. 






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hardest hearts unto repentance; and 
graciously receivest the faintest desires 
of amendment. 

18. Thou beholdest the returning 
sinner, when yet afar off: and wilt help 
him to come unto Thee, O God. 

19. Thou wilt not break the bruised 
reed; nor quench the smoking flax. 

24. Oh, let not This Nation perish 
from before Thee : Let not the Remem- 
brance of it be done away, for ever. 

21. Oh, may there yet be room for 
repentance : and may our hearts be 
converted, ere Thou hidest Thyself 
from us. 

c 22. May we yet find Acceptance, 

Ver. 18. Luke xv. 20. 

Ver. 19. Isaiah xliii. 3. Matthew xii. 20. Johnvi. 
37. 

Ver. 20. Jeremiah xviii. 7> &', xxvi. 13. 



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through Christ The Redeemer; and be 
enlightened, by the Preaching of Thy 
Holy Word. 

23. For His Sake, O Lord, hear this 
humble prayer: and let it not be pre- 
sumptuous in thy sight, 

24. Oh, raise up good men, in all 
Ranks of Life; and place them, in such 
stations, where they may best do good. 

25. Grant them zealous hearts, to 
be exemplary and useful; and give suc- 
cess unto their labours. 

26. Increase the number of the 
faithful Preachers of Thy Word: and 
may they be filled with Thy Blessed 
Spirit ! 

27. May they have hearts boldly to 
declare the Truth, as it is in Jesus; and 
convert the souls of many. 

28. May they reap an abundant 



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harvest from this World : and have an 
abundant recompense in that which is 
to Come ! 

29. Raise up, O Lord ; continually, 
Wise men, to bear rule; and give the 
Power into their hands. 

30. Oh, may they faithfully do jus- 
tice; maintain good Laws; and have 
The Fear of Thee before their eyes ! 

31. And, deliver us from the hands 
of wicked men ; who seek the gratifi- 
cation of their own lusts, and not the 
public good. 

32. Suffer not their evil devices to 
prevai 1 : but confound them; and turn 
their hearts unto repentance. 

33. Truly, for our evil deeds, we 
might justly be given over as a prey 
unto -them : but, Oh, deliver us, for 
Thy Mercy's Sake. 



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34. Bless, O Lord, The King, whom 
Thou hast appointed to rule over us. 
Grant him an heart to fear Thee, Most 
Highest; and, above all, to seek Thine 
Honour and Glory. 

35. For therein shall he find his 
own truest happiness ; and best pro- 
mote the welfare of his people. 

36. Oh, grant him the help of 
Wise Counsellors, and of Good Coun- 
sel ; and understanding to choose and 
follow the thing that is Right. 

37. And deliver him from the hands 
of all his enemies: from those, who 
openly seek his ruin; and from false 
friends, who would be a snare unto his 
soul. 

38. And to us, his subjects, give 
peaceable, and quiet minds; that we 
may faithfully discharge the duties of 



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Life; and honestly promote the pub- 
lick -welfare. 

39- Oh, let not our hearts be de- 
ceived, to seek our own ruin : but turn 
us from our evil ways ; and make us 
to seek Thee, Our God, with our whole 
hearts. 

40. Alas ! O Lord, I am unworthy 
to make supplication; or to lift up my 
soul unto Thee. 

41. But if Thou forsakest us, we 
perish: therefore, confessing my sins, 
I would still humbly pray. 

42. O teach others, more earnestly 
to lift up their souls; and, with holy 
fear, to cry unto Thee : 

43. That the Land where Thy Great 
Name hath been made known, and 
Thine Holy Gospel preached, may not 



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become a reproach amongst the sons 
of men: 

44. That we may be delivered from 
the hands of the enemy, and avenger: 
and that the Gates of Hell may not 
prevail against the Truth. 



HYMN VII. 



O be joyful in The Lord, all ye Lands : 
Serve the Lord with Gladness: and 
come before His Presence with Thanks- 
giving. 

2. Know, assuredly, that The Lord 

Ver. 43. Exodus xxxi. 11. 14. Numbers xiv. 
13. 19. 

Ver. 44. Matthew xvi. 18, 
Ver. 1. Psalm c, 1. 



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He is God : and consider, it is He that 
hath made us, and not we ourselves. 

3. Out of the dust were we taken; 
and His Great Power hath given us 
the Breath of Life. 

4. Yea, and therewith hath He 
freely given all things. He causeth 
the Earth to yield its fruits, for the 
support of all living creatures. 

5. But we have been unmindful of 
His Mercies; and have forgotten our 
Creator: and have defiled the world 
by sin. 

6. Justly might we perish, in our 
transgressions : apd be overwhelmed 
with everlasting punishment. 

Ver. 2. Psalm c. 2. 
Ver. 3. Genesis ii. ?; iii. ig, 
Ver. 4. Romans viii. 32. 
Ver. 5. Isaiah xxiv. .5. 



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7. Oh, how great were the mercy, 
to be exempted from misery ! though, 
we should then cease to exist ! 

8. But God's Loving Kindness hath 
Redeemed us : and it is our Father's 
good pleasure, to give us the King- 
dom. 

9. For this end, The Lord of Life 
suffered; even Jesus our Saviour: And 
He shall finally Restore all things. 

10. O let all People rejoice, and be 
glad: fox He shall judge righteously; 
and govern the Nations upon Earth. 

11. He shall compleat the Work of 

Ver. 8. Luke xii. 32. 

Ver. 9. John i. 12. Acts iii. 19. 21. Tims ii. 
14-, 1 John iii. 2. 

Ver. 10. Psalm lxvii. 4: lxxii. 11 3 xcvi, 13. 
Isaiah ix. 6; xi. 4 ; xvi. 5. Matthew xxv. 31 to 
46. Revelations xi. 15. 



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God: and finish all things with Excel- 
lent Beauty. 

12. He shall do away all evil: and 
bestow Everlasting Peace. 

13. The Creation shall no longer 
groan, and travail in pain : but its ex- 
pectation shall be accomplished, by the 
manifestation of the Sons of God. 

14. And all Creatures shall rejoice 
therein : and every Spirit, which God 
hath made for good. 

15. Behold the Potter fashioneth 
his clay: and purposeth to bring his 
work unto perfection : 

Ver. 1 1. John iv. 34. Romans viii. 19 to 23. 

Ver. 12. Isaiah ii. 4 ; liv. 13. Luke ii. 14. 
John xiv. 27. 

Ver. 13. Johnxvi. 21, 22. Romans viii. 21, 22. 

Ver. 14. Job xxxviii. 7- Psalm xxxvi. f. 

Ver. xv. Psalm ii. 9. Romans ix. 21. Jere- 
miah xviii. 6. 



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16. But the mass is long unshapen: 
and evil doth it seem, till it is finished. 

17. The sculptor also heweth the 
marble; and designeth an exquisite 
device : 

18. But rude are the outlines, and 
rough the strokes of the chissel; till, 
by degrees, the beauty of the work ap- 
peareth. 

19. Even so, perad venture, The 
Lord permitteth evil, only for a sea- 
son, until His Great Work be per- 
fected. 

20. Not at once, but in six days, 
were the Heavens and the Earth made : 
In due portions of time, also, shall the 
Spiritual World be compleated. 

Ver. 19. Isaiah xlv. 7. 18. John xvi. 21. He- 
brews xi. 40. 

Ver. 20. Genesis i. Isaiah lv. 10, 11 -, lxvi. 8, 
9- Mark iv. 2d x 27, 28, 29. Galatians iv. 4, 



209 

21. Behold first night appeared; 
And then the bright day : first evil is 
known; and then good. 

22. And even The Lord of Life hath 
first suffered; that He might hereafter 
appear in Glory. 

23. Such are the Ways of God with 
man : but nothing, that He hath made, 
shall be found created in vain. 

24. Surely the Works of The Al- 
mighty on Earth shall not be destroyed, 
till Righteousness hath prevailed; and 
till all things be fulfilled. 

25. And then shall the generations 

Ver. 21. Genesis i. 5. Luke xxii. 53. Romans 
xiii. 12. 

Ver. 22. Isaiah lii. 14,, 15. Acts xvii. 3. 

Ver. 23. Proverbs xvi. 4. Ecclesiastes iii. 11* 
Ecclesiasticus xlvii. 22. Isaiah xlv. IS; xlix. 7 to 12, 

Ver. 24. Daniel vii. 27. Malachi iv. 5, 6. Mat- 
thew v, 18 j xvii, 11; xxiv. 14. Hebrews x. 13. 
P 



J 10 

of men know, that there is a gracious 
End; and that no word of God can 
fail. 

26. When all hath been accom- 
plished, this Earth shall be destroyed 
by fire: but Christ shall again create 
all things new. 

27. A more Glorious Heaven ; and 
more Perfect World: an Everlasting 
Habitation for the Sons of God. 

28. So shall all be finished; and 
Everlasting Glory and Praise be ren- 
dered unto The Most High. 

Ver. 25. Isaiah xlv. 18 ; Iv. 10,11; lxi. 11; 
and see the note at the end of this Hymn, p. 212 — 
214. 

Ver. 26. Isaiah li. 6; lxv. 17. 2 Peter iii. JV 
10. Revelations xxi. 5, 

Ver. 27. Psalm xxxvii. 30. 35 -, civ. 30. Isaiah 
Ixvi. 22. Romans viii. 19. 2 Peter iii. 13. Reve- 
lations xxi. 1. 

Ver. 28. Matthew xxv. 34. Revelations xvi. 1? '. 



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29. Let us now live unto Thee, O 
Lord; and work Thy Work, O God, in 
this our Day. 

30. Let our Spirits rejoice before 
Thee in hope ; and offer up the Sacri- 
fice of Thanksgiving. 

31. Teach us to embrace, and main- 
tain, the Truth : and make us to be 
faithful labourers in Thy Vineyard. 

32. And may we be found not to have 
lived in vain : but to have laboured to 
promote The Kingdom of Christ. 

33. Behold, we now go on our way. 
on Earth, sorrowing for sin: but, Oh, 
let us come again with joy, and bring 
our sheaves with us. 

Ver. 29. John ix. 4. 
Ver. 30. Romans v. 2 5 xii. 12. 
Ver. 31. Matthew ix, 38. 1 Corinthians iii. 9. 
Ver. 33. Psalm cxxvi. 7. Malachi iii. 16, \7. 
Matthew v. 4. Galatians vi. 9. 



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NOTE TO VERSE 25. 

We are most obviously led to remark at least the 
possible improvement of the State of Mankind, from 
a very striking and affecting reflection, naturally 
arising from the consideration of those immense 
Tracts, of the richest and most fertile parts of the 
Globe, that are still entirely uncultivated, and hardly 
at all inhabited. All that vast Territory*, lying 
between the Northern parts of Tartary on the one 
hand, and Persia, India, and China, on the other, 
from the Caspian Sea, to the Eastern Ocean, though 
bounded in some places by sandy deserts, is one of 
the most fertile, and best Countries in the World, 
and watered by most noble Rivers and Lakes; yet it 
is, for the greatest part, neglected, being inhabited 
only by a few scattered tribes of wandering Tartars, 
who remain in a most uncivilized state : and a very 
few Russian Towns, planted in some remote parts 
of it, are just the outlines of a beginning of cultiva- 
tion. — All the interior and best parts of the Great 
Continent of North America, by the Ohio, and the 
Lakes, and beyond them, are equally rich, but in 

» See Bell's Travels, Vol. I. p. 208, and Vol. II. p, 130. 
136. 139. 159. 



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the same desolate condition. — And a like account 
may be given of many of the interior, and best parts 
of South America, and also of Africa. In short, the 
busy Scene of life, hitherto, amidst which any im- 
provement of the state of mankind has as yet been 
made 5 and all the tumults, wars, confusions, and 
mischiefs of Society, arising on mankind's first 
emerging from a state of barbarity 3 may be observed 
to have been confined almost to the very skirts of 
the earth 3 and, in many instances, to its most un- 
promising, and least valuable territories : and the 
best parts seem to have been reserved for better 
times. — Shall we not then look forward to a Period, 
when the most improvable Regions of this World 
shall also be made use of, and be duly cultivated, for 
the service of man, and for the Glory of the Creator 3 
and when, consistently with the expression of the 
Prophet Isaiah (xlii. 4), The Isles (peradventure, 
even the many, and great Isles of the vast Southern 
Ocean) shall wait for His Law, and hearken to it ? 
At the same time, let us also remark the admir- 
able plan of The Gospel 3 and the so truly and ma- 
nifestly gracious proceedings of God's Providence, 
both with regard to this World, as well as with re- 
gard to that which is To Come 3 in that, it is by 
the Gospel made essentially necessary, as a previous 
step towards mankind's attaining true comfort, and 



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solid advantage in either world, that the minds of 
men should be divested, as far as possible, of those 
inordinate passions, and corrupt dispositions, and 
desires, which would soon render any state of So- 
ciety, even in heaven itself, uncomfortable and mi- 
serable. 

The first Language sounded forth by the Gospel, 
is not a clear Declaration of that final great improve- 
ment of the condition of mankind, which shall, 
some time or other, take place, even upon earth ; 
but contains those Divine Admonitions, which are 
previously necessary, to lead men to repentance, 
and by the Divine Aid afforded, to prepare a pecu- 
liar people, zealous of good works * ; and well fitted 
both to become the instruments of good to others, 
and, in the completest manner, to enjoy and relish 
it themselves, in either world. 

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HYMN VIIL 

O pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. — 
They shall prosper that love her. 

2. Peace be within her walls : and 
plenteousness within her palaces. 

3. Behold ; God hath smitten her, 
because of her sins: and hath given 
her over as a prey unto her enemies. 

4. She is oppressed ; and trodden 
down by the Gentiles; and her chil- 
dren are scattered into all Lands. 

5. The Words of Moses, and of 

Ver. 1 . Numbers xxiv. 9. Psalm cxxii. 6. Isaiah 
Ixii. 6, 7. 

Ver. 3. Isaiah 1. 1. 

Ver 4. Leviticus xxvi, 33. Nehemiah i. 8. Je- 
remiah xiii. 24. Ezekiel xxxiv. 6. 



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the Prophets, are fulfilled : and she is 
become a Sign unto the ends of the 
Earth. 

6. For she crucified the Lord of 
Life; and hardened her heart: and she 
is wasted; and the days of her visita- 
tion are many. 

7. But she shall not be utterly for- 
saken : for God will remember His 
Mercies, and His Promise for ever. 

8. Till the days of the Gentiles are 
fulfilled, shall she travail in sorrow: 

Ver. 5. Leviticus xxvi. 41 to 4-5. Deuteronomy 
xxix. 22 to 293 xxxi. 16, lf a IS. 29. Joshua xxiii. 
15, \Q, Jeremiah v, 15 to IS: xxvi, 6, Ezekiel v. 
10. 12. 15 ; vi. 8, 9, 10 3 xii. 15 3 xiv. S: xx. 23 3 
xxii. 15 ; xxxix. 23, 24, 

Ver. /. Leviticus xxvi, 40 to 45, Deutero- 
nomy xxx. 1 to 10, Isaiah xlix. 15 to 19 : liv. 7, 3. 
Jeremiah xvi. 16 j xxiii. 5 j xxx. xxxi. Ezekiel xx, 
34 to 39. 



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but the Lord will comfort her at the 
last. 

9. She is cut off, like a dead branch, 
and withered : and standeth as a mark 
to confirm the faith of the Gentiles: 
that they may be gathered in, and ob- 
tain Mercy and Grace. 

10. But, alas! if God spared not his 
own people; and their disobedience is 
sore punished; shall we escape, if we 
reject so Great Salvation? 

11. They crucified the Lord of Life : 
for when He came unto His own, His 
own knew Him not. 

12. But He is come unto vis, and 

Ver. 8. Isaiah vi. 1 1 to 13 5 xlix. 13 to 23 5 lii. 
1 to 10. Ezekiel xxxiv. 12 to 16. Luke xxi. 24. 

Ver. 9. Romans xi. 

Ver. 10. Romans xi. 21. Isaiah li. 22, 23. 

Ver. 11. Isaiah xlix. 7. Johni. 10, 11. Actsii. 
365 iii. 15. 



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we know Him.— Yet, alas ! do we also 
reject, and scorn His Love? 

13. Are not our ways, more evil 
than their ways? and our sin, above 
the measure of their guilt? 

14. Spare us, O Lord, and convert 
Our souls : and let not Thy Love, and 
Mercy, be in vain. 

15. And Oh! return unto Thy peo- 
ple; and grant them peace and rest. 

16. Let the fulness of the Gentiles 
come in; and let Thy People rejoice 
therein. 

17. Remove the vail that covereth 
their hearts : and enlighten their eyes, 
that they may embrace the Truth. 

Ver.15. Isaiahlxii.6/7. Jeremiah xxxi. 10.2/;, 28. 

Ver. 16. Isaiah lx. 2 to 1 1 . Luke xiii. 35 \ xxxi. 
24. Ptomans xi. 25. 

Ver. 17- Ezekiel xxxvi. 26. 2 Corinthians iii. 
15, 16. 



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18. May they bewail their sins; 
and sorrow for their impenitency; and 
turn humbly unto Christ their Saviour, 
that He may dwell amongst them for 
ever. 

19. Hear, O Lord, our prayer; and 
let it not be presumptuous in Thy sight. 

20. Let our souls love Thy people ; 
and the lot which Thou hast chosen 
for Thine Inheritance. 

21. And may we find acceptance, 
praying for their Conversion, and Re- 
turn; and that their wound may be 
healed. 

Ver. 18. Deuteronomy xxx. 1 to 10. Jere- 
miah xxxi 18 Ezekiel vi. 9. 10; xi. 19; xxxiv. 
23^ xliii. 7. Hosea v. 15 ; xiv. Zechariah viii. 3. 
7, 83 xii. 10, 11. Matthew xxiii. 39. 

Ver. 20. Deuteronomy ix. 29 ; xxxii. Q 5 xxvi. 
18, 19. Psalm xxxiii. 12. 

Ver. 21. Isaiah li. 18. Jeremiah xxx, 17; xxxi. 
7. Romans xi. 15. 



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22. Surely if they seek The Lord, 
they shall find Him; surely if they 
seek their God, with all their souls, 
He will not be far from them. 

23. Let Judah be saved; — and let 
Israel dwell safely; and manifest the 
Glory of the Lord our Righteousness. 

24. And let all the Nations of the 
Earth give Praise unto the Lord ; and 
Rejoice in the Presence of God Most 
High, 

25. And, Oh, let Thy People say, 
Blessed be he that cometh in The Name 
of the Lord. 

26. Oh that The Salvation were 

Ver. 22. Deuteronomy iv. 2Q. 

Ver. 23. Jeremiah xxiii. 5 to 8; xxxiii. 16. 

Ver. 24. Deuteronomy xxxii. 43. Psalm cii. 15, 
16. Isaiah lii. 7. 10; lx. 15 $ lxvi'. 10. Jeremiah 
xxxiii. 9. Ezekiel xxxvii. 28. Tobit xiv. 5, 6j 7. 

Ver. 25. Matthew xxiii. 39, 



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given unto Israel, out of Sion! Oh that 
The Lord would deliver His People out 
of Captivity ! 

27. Then should the Children of 
Jacob, according to the Promise, re- 
joice ; and The true Israel of God 
should be right glad. 

Ver. 26. Psalm liii. 7. 
Ver.27. Psalm liii. 8.31. 



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PART THE FOURTH. 



HYMN I. 

Jjlessed be The Lord God, The Creator 
of all things ; and for ever adored, and 
praised, be His Holy Name. 

2. O let them that are wise praise 
Him, and magnify Him, because of 
His Great Goodness. 

3. Let them exalt, and glorify Him, 
because of His Excellent Works : and 
for the Redemption which He hath 
wrought for the sons of men. 

4. With His Own Right Hand, and 

Ver. 2. Daniel xii. 10. Ecclesiastes xv, 7. 9, 
2 Esdras xii. 38 : xiv. 26. 46,, 47. 



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with His Holy Arm, hath he gotten 
Himself the Victory. 

5. He hath wrought Redemption 
alone ; and of the people there were 
none w T ith Him. 

6. Who hath believed the Report 
of The Lord? or to whom hath the 
knowledge of the Holy One been re- 
vealed ? 

7. For He came down, like the dew 
on the green herb ; silently, and with 
meekness, to heal, and to restore all 
things. 

8. Lo, the Kings of the earth, and 
the mighty men, furiously oppressed ; 
and were adored. 

Ver. 4. Psalm xcviii. 2. 

Ver. 5. Isaiah lxiii. 3.5. 

Ver. 6. Isaiah liii. 1. John xii. 38. 

Ver. 7. Psalm lxxii. 6. Isaiah xlix. 8 ) liii. 2. 

Ver. 8. Christians would do well to compare 



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9. They exercised a cruel authority 
over their people ; and made them en- 
dure an heavy bondage; and were 
called Benefactors. 

10. But the King of Kings de- 
scended from above; and became the 
Servant of all ; and was numbered with 
the Transgressors. 

the Lives and Actions even of Augustus Caesar, and 
much more of Tiberius, and Caligula, with the His- 
tory of our Blessed Saviour ; and to remember, that 
they were almost sole Lords of the World, about the 
time that Christ was humbling himself for our Re- 
demption: and that Seneca has observed of Cali- 
gula, who reigned a short time after Our Lord's death, 
" that Nature seemed to have brought him forth, 
(< to shew what mischief could be effected by the 
cc greatest vices supported by the greatest authority." 

Ver. 9. Matthew xx. 25. Luke xxii. 25, One 
of the Ptolemies of Egypt was called Euergetes, or 
Benefactor, for bringing back their Idols, which 
Cambyses had carried out of Egypt (Prideaux's Con- 
nection, Vol. III. p. 113.) 

Ver. 10, Isaiah liii. 12. Mark xv. 28, Luke xxii. 



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11. He bore our sins ; and suffered 
for our iniquities ; and gave His Soul 
a Ransom for many. 

12. That He might deliver His 
people from the bondage of sin; and 
from the power of the Adversary of 
mankind. 

13. And whilst the Great men of 
the earth caused many to perish; 
and destroyed their servants, in their 
wrath ; 

14. The Lord of Life gave Himself 
to suffer a bitter death; that He might 
redeem, and save, those who were uri- 

26. 37. John x. 36. Philippians ii. 6 to 10. 1 Ti- 
mothy vi. 15. Revelations xix. 1 6. 

Ver. 11 and 12. Isaiah liii. 5 to 12. Matthew 
xx. 28. Mark x. 45. John i. 29. Acts xxvi. IS, 
Romans vi. 22 3 viii. 21. 2 Corinthians v. IS, 19, 
Colossians i. 13. Titus ii. 14. Hebrews ii. 14; is, 
26. 1 Peter ii. 245 v. 8. 1 John iv. 10. 
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worthy that He should Reign over 
them. 

15. They were of the earth, earthy; 
buti/e was The Lord from Heaven; 
descending from The Glory of The Fa* 
ther. 

16. They are perished; and their 
names abhorred; but The Lord, Our 
Saviour, liveth for ever, to make Inter- 
cession for us. 

17. He is returned to the Glory of 
The Father, which He inherited ere 
the world was: He is One with God; 
and shall be Glorified with God. 

Ver. 14. Isaiah liii. 12. Lukexxiii.34. John in, 
14, 15. Acts iii. 15. Galatians i. 4. 1 Timothy ii. 
6. 1 Peter iii. 18. 

Ver. 15. Psalm li. 5, John iii. 13. 31. John xvi. 
28; xvii. 5. 1 Corinthians xv. 47, 48. 

Ver. 16. Isaiah xxvi. 14; 1. 9. Hebrews vii. 25. 

Ver. 17. Mark i. 24. John v. 23; x. 30; xiii. 
3 ; xvi. 15. 28; xvii. 5. Ephesians i. 20, 21, 22; 



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18. And, at the appointed time^ 
He shall again come, and possess His 
Kingdom; and reward His servants, 
according to their works. 

19. And they who would not be- 
hold Him in His humiliation, humbling 
Himself for their Salvation, shall weep 
and wail, when, with terror, they be- 
hold His Glory. 

20. For His Glory, is not as the 
glory of the mighty men of the world; 

iv. Q, 10. 1 Peter iii. 22. 2 Peter iii. 18. Reve- 
lations v. 13 ; vii. 10. See also the following re- 
markable Texts, referred to by Mr. Bowyer, in his 
Notes, on John i. 1. Matthew i. 23. Acts xx. 
28. Romans ix. 5. Philippians ii. 6. 1 Timothy 
iii. 16. Titus ii. 13. Hebrews i. 8. 

Ver. 18. Matthew xxv. 14. 1 9. Luke xix. 15. 
Acts i. 11. 1 Thessalonians iv. 16. 2 Thessalo- 
nians i. 7- 10- Ephesians i. 10. 

Ver. 19. Isaiah liii. 13 to 15; lxiv. 1, 2, 3. Ro- 
mans xiv. 9, Revelations i. 7- 



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as an unprofitable vapour, thnt passeth 
away; but is Great, and Terrible, and 
Fearful; Commanding, and Subduing 
all things, for ever. 

21. They killed the body; and had 
no more that they could do : but He is 
able to destroy both body and soul in 
hell. 

22. They sought only their own 
glory: but He seeketh that God should 
be glorified, by the exaltation of all 
His Servants. 

23. Lo; they did smite their fel- 
low-servants; and yet were had in ho- 
nour : they did eat and drink with the 
drunken ; and yet were called gods. 

Ver. 20. Philippians iii. 21. 
Ver. 21 . Matthew x. 28 3 xxviii. 18. Luke xii. 5, 
Revelations i. 18. 

Ver. 22. John vii. 18. 2 Corinthians i. 20. 
Ver, 23. Matthew, xxiv. 48 to 51.— Many of 



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24. But the Lord of all, Who hum- 
bled Himself unto death, shall cut 
them asunder; and appoint them their 
portion, where shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth. 

25. O Praise God, with a fervent 
spirit; and give Thanks with the whole 
heart. 

26. Rejoice before The Lord, our 
Saviour; and magnify His Holy Name; 
for The Lord, our God, is Holy. 

the Roman Emperors, and especially Caligula, Nero, 
and Domitian, were not only ranked amongst the 
gods, even in their life-times, but had also temples, 
and altars erected to them, and priests appointed, 
and sacrifices offered up to them, by their idolatrous 
subjects — And Domitian assumed the Title of Lord 
God. 

Ver. 24. Psalm ii. 5. g. Isaiah xxiv, 21 , Luke 
xii. 46, 



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HYMN II. 

Wherewith shall I come before The 
Lord; and appear beforeThe Most High 
God? 

2. Can I offer the sacrifice of Right- 
eousness; or worship with true ho- 
liness ? 

3. Can I be justified in the Pre- 
sence of my Maker; or be found pure 
when I am judged? 

4. Can I make expiation for my 
sin? or can I even turn again unto 
God, with perfect obedience? 

5. Oh! that there were an heart in 
me always to do the thing that is right ! — 

Ver. 1. Micah vi. 6. 
Ver. 3. Proverbs xx« 9. 



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Oh, that' I were blameless, and uncor- 
rupt before God ! 

6. But it is not in man to walk 
perfectly: nor in the sons of men to 
be truly holy. 

7. Enter not, therefore, into judg- 
ment with Thy Servant, O Lord, for in 
Thy Sight shall no man living be jus- 
tified. 

8. Yet do I know, that Thou re- 
quirest Truth in the inward parts; and 
a sincere spirit of obedience. 

9. I do know that Thou hatest all 
iniquity : and abhorrest the hypocrite, 
and perverse transgressor. 

10. And Thy wrath shall be poured 



Ver. 6. Jeremiah x. 23. 25. Romans iii. 23. 
Ver. 7. Psalm cxliii. 2. 
Ver. 8. Psalm li. 6. 



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out upon the wicked ; and they shall 
perish, with an horrible destruction. 

11. Teach me then, O teach me. 
to flee unto a place of safety : and to 
obtain help, and deliverance, right 
early. 

12. Lo, Thou hast provided for us 
a Rock of Defence: and hast appointed 
One Mighty to Save. 

13. Even one Wonderful in Power; 
and Who hath fulfilled All Righteous- 
ness : The Lord our Saviour, is His 
Name. 

14. He hath made Expiation for 

Ver. 10. Nahum i. 2. 6. John iii. 3d 2 Thes- 
saloniaiis i. .8, 9. Revelations xiv. 10. 

Ver. 12. Psalm lxxxix, 20. Isaiah Ixiii. 1. 
John x. 28. 

Ver. 13. Isaiah ix. 6. Matthew iii 15. Luke ii. 
IL John fir. 42, 



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sin: and hath ransomed, and redeemed 
the Souls of Men. 

15. He will not reject those that 
come unto Him : nor suffer their hope 
to faiL 

16. But for His sake shall their sins 
be forgiven: and though they have 
been as scarlet, they shall become 
whiter than snow. 

17. He will quicken them by His 
Spirit; and enable them to attain unto 
Righteousness. 

18. Through Him shall the peni- 
tent and humble soul be accepted; and 
its imperfections pardoned. 

Ver. 14. Matthew xx. 28. Mark x. 45. John i. 
29. Romans iv. 2.5. Hebrews ix. 28. 1 Peter iii. 18. 

Ver. Jo. Matthew xii. 20. John vi. 3y. 

Ver. 16. Isaiah i. 18. John iii. \6. 

Ver. 17. John xv. 5. Ephesians ii. 1. 5. Co- 
lossi ans ii. 13, 



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19. Through Him, also, shall its 
frail endeavours to do good be even 
rewarded; and reckoned for righte- 
ousness. 

20. For Faith in Christ shall sanc- 
tify the spirit of man; and purify the 
heart like a refiner's fire. 

21. Turn us then, O Good Lord; and 
so shall we be turned* — Oh, grant us true 
repentance ; and our souls shall live. 

22. Pardon our infirmities, for Jesus 
Sake : and may we be justified, freely, 
through His Righteousness. 

Ver. ig. Galatians iii. 6. Philippians i. II. 
James ii. 23. 

Ver. 20. Daniel xii. 10. Malachi iii. 3. John iii. 
16. 36. Acts xv. Q. 2 Thessalonians ii. 13. Titus 
ii. 14. Hebrews ix. 14. 1 Peter i. 22. 1 John iii. 
3} v. 5. 

Ver. 21. Psalm lxxxv. 4. Jeremiah xxxi. 18. 

Ver. 22. Romans iii. 24, 25. Galatians iii. 11 ; 
iii. 22 to 25. Colossians i. 14. 



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23. And, Oh, may we be enabled, 
abiding in Him, to walk in newness of 
life here ; and to attain unto perfect 
holiness hereafter. 

24. Wo be to the soul, that believing 
continue th wilfully in transgression. 
Oh, save us from this dreadful aggra- 
vation of guilt ! 

25. And keep Thy Servants, also, 
from all presumptuous sins; lest they 
get the dominion over us. 

26. Oh, lead us from strength to 
strength; till we come unto Thee, The 
God of Gods, in Sion. 

27. And then let us appear amidst 



Ver. 23. John xv. 4. Romans vi, 4. 2 Corin- 
thians v. 1/. Philippians i. 11. 
Ver. 24. Romans vi. 1. 
Ver. 25. Psalm xix. 13. 
Ver. 26. Psalm lxxxiv, /. 



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the Redeemed of Christ; and give all 
the Glory unto Thee, O Lord, through 
Him. 

28. Even for that mighty Work; 
The Renovation, and Exaltation, of 
lost Souls. 

29. O Praise the Lord, ye Sons of 
Men; and magnify His Name; for He 
is Holy. 

30. O Give Thanks unto Him, for 
His great Mercy; and with gladness 
embrace the appointed means of Sal- 
vation. 

31. Lift up your hearts with Love 
unto Christ our Saviour: and, in His 
Name, worship The Most High. 

32. O Lord, our God, increase our 



Ver. 27. Revelations v. Q, 

Ver. 28. 2 Corinthians v. 18, 19. 



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Faith; and perfect Thy mighty work 
in our souls. 

33. And let not the Adversary pre- 
vail against us; nor boast himself of 
the wrong that he hath done. 



HYMN III. 

Deliver me, O Lord, for I have trusted 
on Thee, and my hope hath been on 
Thy Righteousness. 

Q. O let not the seed sown in my 
heart be choaked, and perish, through 
the deceitfulness of sin. 

3. My soul hath delighted in those 
who prophecy in Thy Name. — Let me 
not be found, finally, amongst the 
workers of iniquity, 

Vei\2. Markiw 19. 

Ver. 3. Matthew vii. 22, 23, 



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4. Alas! the sorrows of my heart 
are enlarged : for it is treacherous, and 
deceitful beyond measure. 

5. The things that I would, I do 
not: and my soul is continually enticed 
unto sin. 

6. And mine enemies that surround 
me are many : and they that lie in wait 
to take away my soul are mighty. 

7. But, Oh, be Thou my Deliverer, 
and strong-hold, whereunto I may al- 
way resort; Lord, be Thou my Helper! 

8. Save me from the hands of all 
my enemies: and from the frowardness 
and treachery of mine own heart. 

9. Even when I purpose zealously 

Ver. 4. Jeremiah xvii. g. Matthew xv. 18. 
Ver. 5. Romans vii. 19. 

Ver. 7. Psalm lxxi. 2. Proverbs xviii. 10. Na- 
hum i. 7- 

Ver. 8. Jeremiah xvii. <J, 



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to do good; T am involved in evil : and 
seeking to withstand iniquity ; I offend 
against my neighbour. 

10. Striving to maintain the thing 
that is right; anger and wrath casteth 
down my soul : and desiring to devote 
my life to Thy Service; I become wick- 
edly anxious for the events thereof. 

11. I delight in the purpose of do- 
ing good ; — and covetousness, that root 
of all evil, stealeth into my soul. 

12. Thus am I surrounded with 
temptation ; even following that which 
is right; and, alas, how oft doth my 
heart turn from the paths of Righte- 
ousness ! 

13. But Thou art mighty to save : 
therefore I will not despair. — Let mercy 

Ver. 11. Luke xii. 15. Colossians iii. 5. 1 Ti- 
mothy vi io. 



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be extended unto me, by Thine Holy 
One: — and convert, and heal my 
soul. 

14. Let His Words sink deep into 
my heart: and let not the remembrance 
of them be rooted out, for ever. 

15. May they be always present 
before me ; that my life may be con- 
formed unto them. 

16. Make me to become meek, and 
lowly in heart, that I may find rest 
unto my soul. 

17. Make me to eschew evil, and 
to do good: to seek peace, and to en- 
sue it. 

18. And behold me in mercy, O 
Lord, for the sake of Jesus, The Right- 

Ver. 14. John v. 24 ; viii. 51. 1 John ii. 5. 
Ver. 16. Matthew xi. 29. 
Yer. 17. 1 Peter iii. 11, 12, 



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eous : and let Thine ears be open unto 
my prayer. 

19. Help me, also, that I may with 
sincerity forgive : even as I hope to be 
forgiven: — and that I may have fer- 
vent Charity towards all men. 

20. That I may lay aside indigna- 
tion, and wrath, which belong not to 
the sons of men: — and that I may ob- 
tain that mighty power, even to love 
mine enemies. 

21. I have said in my haste, All 
men are unjust. — Forgive us, Lord, our 
mutual sins; and make us to become 
forbearing towards each other. 

22. I have experienced Thy mercy 

Ver. 18. 1 John iL 1, 2. 1 Timothy i, 15, 
Ver. 19. Matthew vi. 14-. 1 Peter iv. 8. 
Ver. 20. Matthew v. 44. 
Ver. 21. Psalm cxvi. 10. Colossians iii. 13, 
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and help, in the time of need:— yet my 
heart has become distrustful, and vainly 
anxious for the provisions of life. 

23. But, Oh, may I learn to cast 
all my care upon Thee, my God: — for, 
Thou, Lord, carest for Thy Servants. 

24. May I seek above all Thy King- 
dom, and Thy Righteousness; and say, 
in all things, Thy Will be done I 

25. May content and chearfulness 
possess my Soul! and may I obtain 
that peace which the world giveth not! 

26. For great peace have they that 
love Thy Law; and they are not of- 
fended at it. 

27. Oh, let not my heart be trou- 

Ver. 23. 1 Peter v. 7- 

Ver. 24. Matthew vi. 33. 

Ver. 25. Isaiah xlviii. 22. John xiv. 2f. 

Ver. 26. Psalm i. I5 cxix. l<)5. 



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bled; neither let it be afraid: but de- 
liver me from the snares of the evil 
one, that I perish not, through mine 
own folly. 

28. I abhor to do wrong, through 
the abuse of power: — Let me not be 
driven to injure, through timid anxiety. 

29. But let the words of Thy Law 
be dearer unto me, than thousands of 
gold and silver. 

30. Cause me to take heed unto 
my ways; that I oifend not with ray 
tongue. 

31. And may I keep my mouth, as 
it were with a bridle, while the un- 
godly is in my sight. 

32. Thy Law, O Lord, is most holy : 

Ver. 29. Psalm cxix, 72. 
Ver. 30. Psalm xxxix. 1. 
Ver. 31. Psalm xxxix. 2; 



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when Thou makest my soul to com- 
prehend it, I am dismayed: for I am 
not able to fulfill it. 

33. But guide me by thy counsel; 
and strengthen my heart through faith; 
and so bring me at last unto Thy 
Glory; 

34. Even to behold the Glory which 
Thou hast given unto Him, Who hath 
fulfilled all Righteousness, and Who 
will make all things perfect. 

35. And Who gave Himself to seek, 
and to save that which was lost; and to 
call sinners to repentance. 

36. Do away mine offences, Good 



Ver. 33. Psalm lxxiii. 23. 

Ver. 34. John xvii. 24. Colossians i. 28. He- 
brews v. 95 xii. 23. 1 Peter v. 10. 

Ver. 35. Matthewxviii.il. Luke v. 31. Luke 
xix. 10. 



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Lord; and blot out my transgres- 
sions ; — And let not my sins be remem- 
bered against me. 



HYMN IV. 

Lord, look upon me in mine adver- 
sity: and consider my complaint. 

2. For my Soul is amongst lions: 
and I am become abhorred, and an out- 
cast amongst men. 

3. The Destroyer rageth to devour 
me : and the sons of men stand afar off 
from me. 

4. Because I would speak to them of 
Righteousness, and everlasting Peace, 
therefore they abhor me : and they 

Ver. 2. Psalm lvii. 4, 5. 
Ver.3. 1 Pet^r v. 8. 



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hate me, because I do not follow after 
vanity. 

5. Alas ! I am sinful, even as they : — ■ 
wherefore should they cast me out, be- 
cause I seek deliverance? 

6. My Soul draweth near unto de- 
struction : and I am made weary of my 
days. 

7. Nevertheless my hope shall be 
on Thee, O God; and my soul shall 
declare, that Thou art Good. 

8. Alas ! what am I, that I should 
complain? surely I should then charge 
my God foolishly. 

9. I know, O Lord, that Thou 
formest light, and dost create dark- 
ness : that Thou makest Peace, and 



Ver. 7. Habakkuk iii. IJ, 18, 
Ver. 8. Micah vii. 9» 



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createst evil: that Thou, Most Mighty, 
doest all these things. 

10. Shall we receive good at Thy 
hands, O Lord, with thankfulness; and 
not meekly receive evil ? 

11. Or shall the thing formed say 
unto Him that formed it, Wherefore 
hast Thou made me thus ? 

12. Shall we disclaim Thy Watchful 
Providence; and say, God hideth Him- 
self, and careth not for the sons of 
men? 

13. Lo, there is nothing befalleth 
us, but by Thy Will : — from Thee are 
the issues of Life and Death. 

14. O my God; when evil befalleth 

Ver. g. Isaiah xxxi. 2 5 xlv. 7. Amos Hi. 6, 

Ver. 10. Job ii. 10. 

Ver. II, Isaiah xlv. 9. 

Ver. 12. Psalm xciv. 7. Ezekiel ix. g, 

Ver. 13. Job xii. 10. Matthew x. 2g, 30, 



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me, teach me to humble my soul ; and 
to search my heart, that I may repent. 

15. And when Blessing is bestowed 
upon me, make me to rejoice with 
thanksgiving; and to improve all to 
Thy Glory. 

16. For so shall all be made to 
work for good; and I shall yet have 
joy, in my latter end. 

17. Truly I do know, that should I 
perversely perish, even my destruction 
should be turned to Thy Praise. 

18. For Thy Holy Work shall surely 
be accomplished : and nought but good 
shall finally prevail. 

19. But, Oh, hear me, in an accept- 

Ver. 16. Romans viii. 28. 
Ver. 17. Proverbs xvi. 4. Pcomans ix. 22, 23. 
Ver. 18. Daniel ix. 24. Matthew xiii. 41. Ro- 
mans ix. 28. Revelations xxi. 4. 



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able time : and, whilst Thou mayest be 
found, help me to call upon Thee: 

20. Even in this Day of Salvation; 
before the grave shutteth its mouth 
upon me. 

21. So shall my soul live to praise 
Thee : for the Adoration of a contrite 
heart shall be accepted. 

22. And in the World to come Thou 
shalt hear my voice: and an outcast of 
men shall give Glory unto God. 

23. Oh, my God ; let me not be 
cast out from Thy Presence; though I 
be indeed unworthy to appear before 
Thee ! 

24. But may I find Acceptance, and 

Ver. 19. Psalm xxxii. 7. Isaiah xlix. 8. 
Ver. 20. 2 Corinthians vi. 2. 
Ver. 23. 2 Thessalonians i. 9. 



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Mercy, for Jesus sake! — so shall my 
sorrow be turned into joy. 



HYMN V. 

Wo is me; that I am constrained to 
dwell with Meshec, and to have my 
habitation amongst the Tents of Kedar. 

2. Wo is me; that I am over- 
whelmed with sin; and constrained to 
dwell amongst sinful men! 

3. My sins have taken such hold 
upon me, that I am not able to look 
up: they are more in number than the 
hairs of my head ; and my heart hath 
failed me. 

Ver. 24. John xvi. 20. 
Ver. ] . Psalm cxx. 4. 
Ver. 3. Psalm xl. 15, 



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4. I am oppressed and trodden 
down, whilst I mourn for my trans- 
gressions ; and mine enemies triumph 
over me. 

5. And how shall I call upon the 
Lord, or lift up my soul unto The Most 
High God? 

6. Lo, if I were pure, and unde- 
filed, I were yet unworthy to appear 
before Him : for I am as nothing amidst 
His Works. 

7. Even on Earth, I am as a sand 
on the sea-shore. — Amidst the Hosts 
of Heaven, what remembrance can be 
had of me? 

8. If my Repentance had been ful- 
filled for many years; and if my obe- 
dience were become perfect ; yet still 
were I but in the midst of sin; yea 



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though I had departed from all ini- 
quity for a long season. 

9. For lo a thousand years, in the 
sight of God, are but as yesterday: 
how much less then all the days of my 
life! 

10. But through Jesus, The Saviour, 
The Christ, The Messiah, The Lord 
permitteth even sinners to pray unto 
Him. — And His Intercession is Mighty 
to save from the uttermost depths of 
hell. 

11. He beholdeth the returning 
sinner afar off; and hath mercy and 
compassion upon him. 

12. Therefore will I cry unto The 

Ver. Q. Psalm xc. 4. 
Ver. 10. Hebrews vii. 25. 
Ver. 11. Luke xv. 20. 



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Lord, with my whole heart; even in 
the midst of my sins : yea, even unto 
The Most High God will I make my 
supplication. 

13. O Lord, Thou hast known my 
soul in temptation, and in adversity. — 
Even before I could distinguish be- 
tween good and evil the enemy did 
rage against me. 

14. I have gone astray from my 
mother's womb ; and have been en- 
tangled in the snare; and I have groaned 
under an heavy bondage. 

15. But I beseech Thee, O Lord, 
to let me go free; that I may be en- 
abled to serve Thee, in Righteousness, 
and true Holiness. 

16. Thou art able, and mighty to 

Ver. 14. Psalm cxix. 1/6. 2 Timothy ii. 26. 
Ver. 15. Isaiah xlii, *J \ lxi. 1. Luke i. /5. 



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deliver unto the uttermost '.—-therefore 
I will humbly cry unto Thee. 

17. Albeit it were impossible with 
man; yet with Thee all things are pos- 
sible. — O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver 
my soul. 

1 8. Oh help me, that I may recover 
from the snare of the evil one; and be 
no longer led in captivity. 

19. And grant, that, through faith 
in Jesus, I may obtain the victory: for 
I believe in His Name. 

20. In whatsoever evil befalleth 
me, O Lord, I accept the punishment 
of my offences: — but, Oh, turn Thee 
again, and have mercy upon me* 

21. In my trouble, I will humble 

Ver. 17. Matthew xix. 26. 
Ver. 18. 2 Timothy ii. 26. 
Ver. 19. Romans v. 9. 1 John v. 4> 5. 



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my soul, and say, — I will bear the in- 
dignation of The Lord, because I have 
sinned against Him; 

22. Until He plead my cause, and 
execute Judgment for me. — He shall 
bring me forth to the light; and I shall 
behold His Righteousness. 

23. For Thou, O Lord, art a God 
that pardoneth iniquity, and passest by 
transgression; and retainest not Thine 
anger for ever; because Thou delightest 
in mercy. 

24. Oh, turn Thee again, and have 
compassion upon me ! subdue mine ini- 
quities ; and cast my sins into the depths 
of the sea. 

Ver. 21. Micah vii. Q. 
Ver. 22. Micah vii. g. 
Ver. 23. Micah vii. 18. 
Ver. 24. Micah vii. 19, 



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25. O Lord, deliver my soul from 
death, mine eyes from tears, and my 
feet from falling : 

26. And let me walk before Thee, 
O my God, in the Land of the Living. 

27. O Lord, be Thou my Helper, 
and Redeemer. Oh,, my God, make 
no long tarrying. 



HYMN VI. 

O Lord, whensoever I go hence, let 
Thy servant depart in peace, through 
comfort of Thine Holy Word. 

2. For my soul hath believed on 
Thy Salvation. 

Ver. 25. Psalm cxvi. 8. 
Ver. 26, Psalm cxvi. Q. 
Ver. 27. Psalm xl 21. 



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3. Thy Mighty Work shall surely 
be accomplished: and the Generations 
to come shall behold Peace, and Right- 
eousness. 

4. But not through their own 
strength : or accomplished by man's 
wisdom. 

5. The Nations shall be punished 
for their offences, and hardness of heart : 
and Thine own Right Hand, and Thine 
Holy Arm, shall alone obtain the vic- 
tory. 

6. O let The Spirit be poured on 
Thy People, from on High; — and let 
the wilderness become a fruitful field. 

7. And let Thy People dwell in a 

Ver. 3. Ecclesiasticus xxxix. 16. 
Ver. 4, 5. Isaiah xxvi. 17, 18, 1Q, 20, 21. 
Ver. 6, Isaiah xxxii. 15. 
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peaceable habitation; and in sure dwell- 
ings ; and in quiet resting places. 

8. Oh, that there were an heart in 
me truly to praise God; and to magnify 
His Holy Name ; and to make knowq 
his wondrous works! 

9. Oh, that I might glorify God, 
by devoting all the faculties of my 
soul, for ever, to His Service ; and to 
the manifestation of His Goodness and 
Mercy! 

10. My God, — from the dust of the 
earth, and the very stones of the street, 
Thou canst raise up servants, more fer- 
vently to praise Thy Name. 

11. Therefore, I am not, in this 
matter, worthy to be accepted. 



Ver. /• Isaiah xxxii. 18. 

Ver. JO. Matthew iii. Q. Luke iii. 8,. 



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12. But as it hath pleased Thee to 
put this desire into my heart, Oh let it 
not utterly fail, for Thy Mercies sake. 

13. When Christ, Who is our life, 
shall appear, let my soul rejoice in His 
Glory. 

14. And remember me, O Lord, ac- 
cording to the favour that Thou bearest 
unto Thy People : and Oh visit me with 
Thy Salvation. 

15. That I may see the Felicity of 
Thy Chosen ; and rejoice in the Glad- 
ness of Thy People; and give Thanks 
with Thine Inheritance. 

Ver. 13. Colossians iii. 4, 
Ver. 14. Psalm cvi. 4. 
Ver, 15. Psalm cvi. 5, 



Glory Be To The Father, and To 
The Son, and To The Holy Ghost : 

As it was in The Beginning, is Now, 
and Ever Shall Be, World without End. 
Amen. 



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THE FIRST EDITION. 



Let not the Reader be misled, by any 
thing that is written in this Book; but 
let him search the Scriptures; and from 
thence alone judge, whether the sen- 
timents expressed herein be worthy of 
his assent : for they can have no claim 
thereunto, but what is founded on 
their strict conformity with the Word 
of God. — He that composed these 
Hymns, pretended not to be wiser or 
better than other men; but was a sin- 



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ful, and frail being — on whose soul 
may Almighty God, for Jesus's sake, 
have mercy.— He wished, and endea- 
voured, with simplicity of spirit,- to 
make the few good thoughts it pleased 
God to put into his heart, in some 
small degree useful to others ; and that 
they might be somewhat profited, by 
his diligent and constant study of The 
Holy Scriptures. — -And although some 
of the Penitential Hymns, especially 
in the Second Part, and those contain- 
ing Prayers, were adapted to parti- 
cular circumstances of his own life, 
and are therefore little interesting to 
others; yet he thinks they also, may 
possibly be useful, and acceptable to 
some few persons, occasionally, when 
in a situation any way similar; and 



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therefore he suffered them to go forth 
with the rest. — May Almighty God 
bless even the weakest endeavours to 
do good! 



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